Texts and Monuments: A Study of Ten Anglo-Saxon Churches of the Pre-Viking Period (British Archaeological Reports (BAR) British)

ix, 316 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps, plans ; 30 cm. Ch. I. Introduction -- Ch. II. English Churches -- 1. The Abbey of St. Mary, Abingdon -- 2. Beverley, monastic church of St. Peter -- 3. Canterbury Cathedral -- 4. Canterbury, Abbey of SS Peter and Paul -- 5. Glastonbury Abbey -- 6. Hexham, Abbey Church of St. Andrew -- 7. A Monastery on Two Sites: Monkwearmouth and Jarrow -- 8. A Monastery on Two Sites: Monkwearmouth and Jarrow -- 9. York Minster of St. Peter, Monastic Church of Alma Sophia, St. Michael -- 10. York Minster of St. Peter, Monastic Church of Alma Sophia, St. Michael -- Ch. III. Gaul -- A. Introduction -- B. Types of ecclesiastical building -- C. Patterns of development: plan and function -- D. Funerary Practices and the Cult of the Saints -- E. Two national shrines -- F. Monasteries -- G. Conclusions -- Ch. IV. Anglo-Saxon England -- A. Introduction -- B. Sites -- 3. Church Plans -- 4. Survey of significant features (forms) -- Texts relating to ten sites in pre-Viking England -- Comparative texts relating to sites in Merovingian and early Carolingian Gaul (arranged in alphabetical order).…