Brings together written, topographical, and archaeological evidence to build a multi-dimensional picture of what local churches and local communities meant to each other in early England. This book traces how the foundation of monastic sites ('minsters')
Brings together written, topographical, and archaeological evidence to build a multi-dimensional picture of what local churches and local communities meant to each other in early England. This book traces how the foundation of monastic sites ('minsters') during c 670-730 gave the pagan English new ways of exploiting their resources.