medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
I'd recommend John Blair's book <I>Church in Anglo Saxon society. OUP in paper
back. Uses a lot of archaeology.
Katherine French
On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:46:48 -0000
Rosemary Hayes-Milligan and Andrew Milligan
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> A friend of mine (without a background in history although he understands
>academic methods) informed me yesterday that he intended to undertake a
>project on the early history of Christianity in the British Isles. Knowing
>that I was a medievalist, he asked for some advice. This is, most certainly,
>'not my period'. He knows about Gildas and Bede and I have directed him to
>the RHS on-line bibliography and the British Library's Catalogue.
>
> Are there any good modern (or earlier) authoritative accounts that he can
>read for an overview before going to more detailed and specialist works? Has
>anyone read (for example) Michelle Brown, How Christianity Came to Britain
>and Ireland (2006)? I would hope that such good general introductions would
>have footnotes and bibliographies to lead my friend into the detail. My
>slight worry is that he may put an awful lot of time and effort into
>reinventing a wheel that has been up and running for 1500 years!
>
> Thanking you all in anticipation
> Rosemary Hayes
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