Vision and Image in Early Christian England (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521180733)

Professor Henderson's book investigates the ways in which the English, in the two centuries following their conversion to Christianity, expressed their new convictions about this world, and the next. It deals with the impact of books and travel on the Anglo-Saxons, discusses personal sanctity and the manipulation of belief by the state, and identifies the positive role of art in a society constantly afflicted by wars and epidemics. Henderson combines now fragmentary visual and literary evidence in this carefully illustrated book.

Author: George Henderson
ISBN-10: 0521180732
ISBN-13: 9780521180733
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 09/22/2011
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.26lbs
Size: 9.69h x 7.44w x 0.67d