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100 1 $aYorke, Barbara,$d1951-
245 14 $aThe conversion of Britain :$breligion, politics and society in Britain c.600-800 /$cBarbara Yorke.
260 $aHarlow, England ;$aNew York :$bPearson/Longman,$c2006.
300 $axiii, 333 p. :$bmaps ;$c24 cm.
490 1 $aReligion, politics, and society in Britain
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [290]-324) and index.
520 $aThroughout the history of Britain religion has been a potent and influential force, permeating social and political life at many different levels. Yet it has often been written about in restricted institutional terms without accounting for the ways in which religious belief and practice have been bound up with wider social and political developments. Religion, Politics and Society in Britain shifts the focus on this complex and fluctuating relationship and investigates the changing role of religion in British life from 600 A.D. to the present.
505 0 $aIntroduction : Written sources for the study of early medieval Britain ; Gildas, Adomnan and Bede ; Inscriptions and Pictish symbols ; Conclusion ; A postscript on names -- 1. Politics and society in Britain c. 600-800 : The British ; The Picts ; The Irish ; The Anglo-Saxons ; Overlordship and warfare in early medieval Britain ; Economy and society ; Taxation and trade ; Ethnic identity -- 2. The conversion of Britain to Christianity : Pre-Christian religion in early medieval Britain ; The conversion of the British and Irish ; The church in Dal Riata ; The issues of a 'Celtic' church and the dating of Easter ; The British church and the conversion of the Anglo-Saxons ; The conversion of the Anglo-Saxons ; The conversion of the Picts ; Conclusion -- 3. The organisation and culture of the church in early medieval Britain : Bishoprics ; Monasticism and religious communities ; Founders and patrons of religious communities ; Religious communities and pastoral care ; Ecclesiastical culture ; Lay culture in the religious communities ; The cult of saints ; Conclusion -- 4. Religion, politics and society in early medieval Britain : Death and burial ; Traditional customs and Christian practices ; Marriage and sex ; Penance and the expiation of sin ; War and peace ; Kingship and politics ; The disadvantaged: the poor, slaves and women ; Christian 'magic': medicine and protection ; Conclusion.
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