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Blair's book is the place to start. I've heard nothing but awed praise for it - brilliant.
> Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 09:49:43 -0500
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> Subject: Re: [M-R] Early Christianity in Britain
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> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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> 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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