Anglo-Saxons in a Frankish world, 690-900 /

Anglo-Saxons in a Frankish world, 690-900 /

The Anglo-Saxon mission to early medieval Germany and the Netherlands has long been seen as a major contribution to the foundation of Christian Europe. Encouraged by the activities of prominent Anglo-Saxons such as St Willibrord (d. 739) and St Boniface (d. 754), pious men and women left their homes...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Palmer, James T. (James Trevor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Turnhout : Brepols, [2009]
Series:Studies in the early Middle Ages.
Studies in the early Middle Ages ; v. 19.
Subjects:
Missions, English > Europe > History > To 1500.
Civilization, Anglo-Saxon.
Civilization, Medieval.
Europe > Church history > 600-1500.
Table of Contents:
  • Motivations
  • Kings and nobles
  • Paganisms and otherness
  • Order and wilderness
  • Monasticism
  • Rome
  • The world beyond.