Exquisite imagery and lightly-worn theological learning characterise these prayers and readings from a golden era of the church in Britain. Many are translated for the first time, enabling us to join our voices with Augustine, Alcuin, Dunstan, Bede, Cuthbert, Aidan, Hilda and others whose influence on church and society lives on.
It was a period of extraordinary artistic achievement and contemporary illustrations appear throughout. Arranged round the Christian year, commemorating the major seasons of Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, Easter and Pentecost and principal saints' days, this is a book to enrich private devotion and public worship.
Consice biographies of the saintly men and women of the Anglo-Saxon era complete a vivid picture of the way English-speaking Christians prayed a thousand years ago.
- ISBN10 185311376X
- ISBN13 9781853113765
- Publish Date 15 August 2001
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 10 February 2015
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Canterbury Press Norwich
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 160
- Language English