The story of the conversion of the English to Christianity traditionally begins with Augustine's arrival in 597. This text offers a critical re-evaluation of the process of conversion which assesses what the act really meant to new converts, who was responsible for it, and why particular figures both accepted conversion for themselves and threw their influence behind the spread of Christianity. The conversion has often been seen as something which missionaries did to the English. The book restores responsibility to the English and, in particular, King Aethelbert, Edwin, Oswald and Oswin, and it is their religious policies that form the focus of this text.
- ISBN10 0719048281
- ISBN13 9780719048289
- Publish Date 19 June 1997
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 2 September 2002
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Manchester University Press
- Format Paperback (UK Trade)
- Pages 304
- Language English