Beschreibung:
Presenting the results of research on the monasteries of Wearmouth and Jarrow - among the most sophisticated centres of learning and artistic culture in 7th- and 8th-century Europe - and their churches, this study examines the long-lasting effect of their buildings and estates on the surrounding region from the Anglo-Saxon period to the present.
1 Introduction 2 Between Tyne and Wear: an historic landscape 3 The monasteries and their sites 4 The church buildings and the early medieval landscape 5 Public perceptions of Wearmouth and Jarrow: contemporary and competing vistas 6 Wearmouth and Jarrow through time