Sunday Observance and the Sunday Letter in Anglo-Saxon England

Sunday Observance and the Sunday Letter in Anglo-Saxon England
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Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Total Pages : 270
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ISBN-10 : 9781843842224
ISBN-13 : 184384222X
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Book Synopsis Sunday Observance and the Sunday Letter in Anglo-Saxon England by : Dorothy Haines

Download or read book Sunday Observance and the Sunday Letter in Anglo-Saxon England written by Dorothy Haines and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2010 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here, the six surviving Old English copies of the 'Sunday Letter' are edited together. The Old English texts are accompanied by facing translations, with commentary and glossary, while the introduction examines the development of Sunday observance in the early middle ages and sets the texts in their historical context.


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