The English Church and the Continent in the Tenth and Eleventh Centuries: Cultural, Spiritual, and Artistic Exchanges - Hardcover

Ortenberg, Veronica

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198201591 ISBN 13: 9780198201595

Publisher: Clarendon Press, 1992

Synopsis

This is the first full-length study of the connections between the English and Continental churches during the tenth and eleventh centuries. Ortenberg draws on a wide range of liturgical, art-historical, and documentary sources to establish the strong and continuing links between England and the countries of Christian Europe. Her analysis of successive areas of contact--including not only France and Flanders, but the German lands, Italy, and even Byzantium and beyond--reveals much about the place of the English church in high medieval christendom. Ortenberg's work places the later Anglo-Saxon church exactly where it saw itself belonging: in the mainstream of Continental culture. Handsomely illustrated with numerous plates, this is a work of wide-ranging scholarship, which makes an important contribution to our understanding of medieval religious and cultural relations.

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Review

A comprehensive study of cultural, spiritual and artistic exchanges that show the English Church to be in the mainstream of European culture. * The Medieval World * `the catalogue of the largely unpublished manuscripts that she has examined in widespread archives is most impressive; and there is a lot of interesting information packaged here that is not readily available to the student ... that this attractive book can arouse considerable interest in the import of its findings is not the least of its many virtues' Frank Barlow, EHR, July 1993 `Her method involves a detailed examination of all the sources of evidence available ... this book is an important contribution to scholarship and a useful resource.' Times Higher Education Supplement `an impressive achievement ... In many respects it is quite wonderful.' Albion, Summer 1993 Vol 25 No 2 `a labor of careful scholarship. It will be a standard reference for scholars and advanced students well into the next century and will strongly complement earlier works. ... Clarendon Press is to be applauded for publishing on this specialized subject, considering that its price and audience seem to be, respectively, high and low.' The Historian, Autumn 1993 Vol 56 `The scope of this study is vast ... the author herself emphasizes that the book is a preliminary exploration. She is to be congratulated for tackling material which is too often left to specialists in liturgy and art history.' Early Medieval Europe 1993 2

Edition details

• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198201591
• ISBN 13: 9780198201595
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 346