Liturgy, architecture, and sacred places in Anglo-Saxon England /
Gittos, Helen,
Liturgy, architecture, and sacred places in Anglo-Saxon England / by Helen Gittos. - 1 online resource (xix, 350 pages) : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). - Medieval history and archaeology . - Medieval history and archaeology. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Church rituals were a familiar feature of life throughout much of the Anglo-Saxon period. This book 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, it considers the architectural context in which such rites were performed.
9780191804304 (ebook) : No price
Liturgics--History--England--To 1500.
Liturgy and architecture--History--England--To 1500.
Sacred space--History--England--To 1500.
Anglo-Saxons--Rites and ceremonies.
BV193.G7 / G58 2013
264.009420902
Liturgy, architecture, and sacred places in Anglo-Saxon England / by Helen Gittos. - 1 online resource (xix, 350 pages) : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). - Medieval history and archaeology . - Medieval history and archaeology. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Church rituals were a familiar feature of life throughout much of the Anglo-Saxon period. This book 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, it considers the architectural context in which such rites were performed.
9780191804304 (ebook) : No price
Liturgics--History--England--To 1500.
Liturgy and architecture--History--England--To 1500.
Sacred space--History--England--To 1500.
Anglo-Saxons--Rites and ceremonies.
BV193.G7 / G58 2013
264.009420902