Author : Richard Gameson
Release : 1999
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis St Augustine and the Conversion of England by : Richard Gameson
Download or read book St Augustine and the Conversion of England written by Richard Gameson. This book was released on 1999. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The mission of St Augustine of Canterbury and the subsequent conversion of the pagan Anglo-Saxons to Christianity had dramatic political, social and cultural implications as well as religious ones. The arrival of St Augustine in 597AD redefined England's relations with the continent on one hand and with the Celtic lands on the other; it led to new social mores; it added a new dimension to the political organization of the land; and it imported new forms of culture, notably book production and manuscript illumination.