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Benedicta Ward.
High King of Heaven: Aspects of Early English Spirituality.
Published London: Mowbray, 1999.
ISBN 0264674464.
ISBN-13: 9780264674469.
Binding: paperback, perfect bound.
Printed in the UK by Biddle Ltd.
Size: 134×215×9mm.
Page count: text xiii,114pp; plates 4pp.
Main language: English.
Unused bargain: these copies show some evidence of long-term storage, the usual mild scuffs etc. on the covers, a little wear on the edges and corners, pages starting to yellow with age.

This item £6.00
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[Publisher’s price £16.99]
Weight without packaging: 198g.

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In the seventh and eighth centuries, missionaries from Rome and Ireland brought Christianity to England. The English piety which developed resulted from the rich mingling of Celtic, Roman and Anglo-Saxon influences.

In High King of Heaven, Benedicta Ward explores the devotional life of the Anglo-Saxons in the first years after their conversion: what they thought, said, did and prayed in the light of the Gospel of Christ. The discussion concentrates on prayers, corporate and individual, mainly in Latin, but also in Anglo-Saxon, and also on non‑literary sources. She considers the Mediterranean influences, as well as the Irish element.

Illustrations: 4 pages of monochrome plates
Maps & plans: no

Notes: at end of each chapter
Tables: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 2pp
Index: yes

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