Screen LibraryLiturgy, architecture, and sacred places in Anglo-Saxon England /
Church rituals were a familiar feature of life throughout much of the Anglo-Saxon period. In this innovative study, Helen Gittos examines ceremonies for the consecration of churches and cemeteries, processional feasts like Candlemas, Palm Sunday, and Rogationtide, as well as personal rituals such as...
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Oxford : |
| Publication Dates: |
2015. ©2013 |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First edition. |
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Medieval history and archaeology
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| Summary: |
Church rituals were a familiar feature of life throughout much of the Anglo-Saxon period. In this innovative study, Helen Gittos examines ceremonies for the consecration of churches and cemeteries, processional feasts like Candlemas, Palm Sunday, and Rogationtide, as well as personal rituals such as baptisms and funerals. Drawing on little-known surviving liturgical sources as well as other written evidence, archaeology, and architecture, she considers the architectural context in which such rites were performed. The research in this book has implications for a wide range of topics, such as: |
| Item Description: | Revision of author's thesis (D. Phil.)--University of Oxford, 2001 under title: Sacred space in Anglo-Saxon England : liturgy, architecture and place. |
| Carrier Form: | xix, 350 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [294]-333) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780198737056 (paperback) : 9780199270903 (hardback) 0199270902 (hardback) 019873705X (paperback) |
| Index Number: | BV193 |
| CLC: |
TU-098.3 B979.561 |
| Call Number: | B979.561/G536 |
| Contents: | Introduction -- Creating sacred places in the landscape -- Anglo-Saxon church groups -- Going between God's houses : open-air processions in Anglo-Saxon England -- Anglo-Saxon churches : form and function -- Rites for dedicating churches in Anglo-Saxon England -- Machines for thinking : a case study. |