Kingship, Society, and the Church in Anglo-Saxon Yorkshire
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Kingship, Society, and the Church in Anglo-Saxon Yorkshire by Thomas Pickles
A study of social organization, political power, conversion to Christianity, and church building in Anglo-Saxon Yorkshire in 400-1066 AD, Kingship, Society, and the Church in Anglo-Saxon Yorkshire argues that the decision of local kin-groups to convert to Christianity transformed kingship, society, and even the physical landscape.
A hugely impressive volume that deserves to generate more detailed studies in Yorkshire, and comparable explotations of other parts of Danelaw* Stuart Wrathmell, The Society for Medieval Archaeology *
With Kingship, Society, and the Church, Pickles offers a rich account of the origins and progress of the pre-1066 church in Yorkshire. In his use of a wealth of complex sources, from the written record to archaeological remains of various kinds, Pickles provides a book that is important for readers with a wide range of interests, from historians to archaeologists and social anthropologists. Pickles's work has provided a wonderfully interdisciplinary and detailed case study of one region and how it compares to views about the origins and organization of the Anglo-Saxon church more broadly. * David Woodman, Early Medieval Europe *
Well researched, interdisciplinary, rigorously argued, and ambitious in scope... Kingship, Society, and the Church will, of course, appeal to those researching pre-Conquest Yorkshire, but also to those researching Anglo-Saxon England more broadly, and the development and intersections of its ecclesiastical, social and political infrastructure and hierarchies. * Matthew Firth, Flinders University, Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association *
With Kingship, Society, and the Church, Pickles offers a rich account of the origins and progress of the pre-1066 church in Yorkshire. In his use of a wealth of complex sources, from the written record to archaeological remains of various kinds, Pickles provides a book that is important for readers with a wide range of interests, from historians to archaeologists and social anthropologists. Pickles's work has provided a wonderfully interdisciplinary and detailed case study of one region and how it compares to views about the origins and organization of the Anglo-Saxon church more broadly. * David Woodman, Early Medieval Europe *
Well researched, interdisciplinary, rigorously argued, and ambitious in scope... Kingship, Society, and the Church will, of course, appeal to those researching pre-Conquest Yorkshire, but also to those researching Anglo-Saxon England more broadly, and the development and intersections of its ecclesiastical, social and political infrastructure and hierarchies. * Matthew Firth, Flinders University, Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association *
Thomas Pickles was born and grew up in Whitby, North Yorkshire. He studied for a BA, M. St. and D. Phil. in History at Wadham College, University of Oxford. He was a Fellow by Special Election of St Catherine's College, University of Oxford, a Lecturer in History in the Centre for Medieval Studies and Department of History at the University of York, and a Lecturer in History and Archaeology in the Department of History, Classics, and Archaeology at Birkbeck, before joining the Department of History at the University of Chester.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780198818779 |
| ISBN 10 | 0198818777 |
| Title | Kingship, Society, and the Church in Anglo-Saxon Yorkshire |
| Author | Thomas PIckles |
| Series | Medieval History And Archaeology |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 2018-11-29 |
| Number of pages | 414 |
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