After Rome

by Thomas Charles-Edwards (Editor)

Overview

The chapters in this volume, each written by a leading scholar of the period, analyze in turn the different nationalities and kingdoms that existed in the British Isles from the end of the Roman empire to the coming of the Vikings, the process of conversion to Christianity, the development of art and of a written culture, and the interaction between this written culture and the societies of the day.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199249817
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	01/29/2004
Series:	Short Oxford History of the British Isles
Pages:	360
Product dimensions:	8.60(w) x 5.70(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Thomas Charles-Edwards is Jesus Professor of Celtic at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Jesus College.

Table of Contents

Introduction, Thomas Charles-Edwards1. Nations and Kingdoms, Thomas Charles-Edwards2. Society, Community, and Identity, John Hines3. Conversion to Christianity, Thomas Charles-Edwards4. The Art of Authority, Jennifer O'Reilly5. Latin and the Vernacular Languages: the Creation of a Bilingual Textual Culture, Andy Orchard6. Texts and Society, Robin Chapman StaceyConclusion, Thomas Charles-Edwards