Heaven and Earth in Anglo-Saxon England : Theology and Society in an Age of Faith.

Cover -- Half Title -- Dedication -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- 1 I Believe in One God -- 2 Creator of All Things, Visible and Invisible -- 3 And He Will Come Again to Judge the Living and the Dead -- 4 The Communion of Saints and the Forgiveness of Sins -- 5 The Resurrection of the Body and the Life Everlasting -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- General Index -- Index of Manuscripts.

Christian theology and religious belief were crucially important to Anglo-Saxon society, yet this book is the first full-length study investigating how it permeated and underpinned society. For whilst the influence of the Church as an institution is widely acknowledged, its abstract theological speculation is still generally considered to be the preserve of a small educated elite. However, as this book makes clear, theology had a much greater and more significant impact in the wider Saxon world than has been realised by modern scholars.

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