Beschreibung:
Essays bring out the important and complex roles played by Anglo-Saxon churchmen, including Bede and lesser-known figures.
Introduction: Church Leadership and the Anglo-Saxons - Alexander R. RumbleBede and the Early English Church - Nicholas HighamArchbishop Ecgberht and his Dialogus - Martin RyanAbbatial Responsibility as Spiritual Labour: Suckling from the Male Breast - Cassandra RhodesUnderstanding the Earliest Bishops of Worcester c. 660-860 - Allan Scott McKinleyThe Role of Bishops in Anglo-Saxon Succession Struggles, 955 x 978 - Dominik WassenhovenImage-Making: Portraits of Anglo-Saxon Church Leaders - Gale R. Owen-Crocker'To Keep Silence Following the Rule's Command': Bishop Æthelwold, Reforming Ideology and Communication by Signs - Debby BanhamWulfsige of Sherborne's Reforming Text - Joyce HillFrom Winchester to Canterbury: Ælfheah and Stigand - Bishops, Archbishops and Victims - Alexander R. Rumble