Vision and image in early Christian England
By: George Henderson.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
Subjects: Christian art and symbolism -- England -- Medieval, 500-1500.; Art, Early Christian -- England -- Themes, motives.
Description: "Nothing in Anglo-Saxon pagan culture could withstand the impact of Christianity after the arrival of the disciples of Pope Gregory I in England. Professor Henderson's book investigates the ways in, which the English in the two centuries following their conversion, expressed their new convictions about this world, and the next. It deals with the impact on the Anglo-Saxons of books and travel, discusses personal sanctity and the manipulation of belief by the state, and identifies the positive role of art in a society constantly afflicted by wars and epidemics."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-285) and index.