The Eerdmans Encyclopedia of Early Christian Art and Archaeology
The Eerdmans Encyclopedia of Early Christian Art and Archaeology

Author: Finney

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 822

ISBN-13: 0802890164

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One of the most widely respected theological dictionaries put into one-volume, abridged form. Focusing on the theological meaning of each word, the abridgment contains English keywords for each entry, tables of English and Greek keywords, and a listing of the relevant volume and page numbers from the unabridged work at the end of each article or section.

Alban and St Albans: Roman and Medieval Architecture, Art and Archaeology: v. 24
Alban and St Albans: Roman and Medieval Architecture, Art and Archaeology: v. 24

Author: Philip Lindley

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2024-11-01

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 1040290876

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This is a collection of eighteen papers presented at a conference that was held at the Hatfield Campus of the University of Hertfordshire with 122 members and guests from the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Germany and Norway were present. The papers are on the research on various aspects of the art and architecture of the abbey, at St Albans and provides an ideal forum for bringing together many aspects of the abbey’s history.

A Companion to Bede
A Companion to Bede

Author: J. Robert Wright

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

Published: 2008-08-15

Total Pages: 163

ISBN-13: 0802863094

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The Venerable Bede's history of the Christian church in England, written in the early eighth century, still stands as a significant literary work. Translated from Latin into various other languages, Bede's fascinating history has long been widely studied. Thirteen centuries later, this thorough and reliable guide by J. Robert Wright enables today's readers to follow the major English translations of Bede's work and to understand exactly what Bede was saying, what he meant, and why his words and account remain so important. Wright'sCompanion to Bede provides the answers to most questions that careful, intelligent readers of Bede are apt to ask. Despite the countless numbers of books and articles about Bede, there is no other comprehensive companion to his text that can be read in tandem with the medieval author himself. A Giniger book

Cultural Transition in the Chilterns and Essex Region, 350 AD to 650 AD
Cultural Transition in the Chilterns and Essex Region, 350 AD to 650 AD

Author: John T. Baker

Publisher: Univ of Hertfordshire Press

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 9781902806532

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This comparison of the archaeological evidence from the fourth to seventh centuries AD in the Chilterns and Essex regions focuses on the considerable body of place–name data from the area. The counties of Hertfordshire, Middlesex, Essex, and parts of Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, and Cambridgeshire are included.

A Speaking Life
A Speaking Life

Author: Charles R. Henery

Publisher: Gracewing Publishing

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 9780852442630

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John Keble was rightly esteemed in his day as the original source and real spirit of the Oxford Movement, but in the decades that have followed his reputation has become somewhat obscured as a result of the growth of interest in the other figures - Newman and Manning in particular - with whom he worked. In this collection of essays by scholars from the United Kingdom and North America, a sustained and successful attempt has been made both to reassess the centrality of Keble - his life and ministry - in his own time, and also to highlight the ways in which his influence has continued to be important in the development of Anglicanism in the succeeding 130 years.

The Alban Quest
The Alban Quest

Author: Farley Mowat

Publisher:

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 379

ISBN-13: 9780753810880

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This book presents a portrait of the Albans, a seafaring tribe who originated in the country now known as Scotland. Battered by repeated Celtic, Norse and Roman invasions, the Albans fled west, first to Iceland, then to Greenland and finally across the Atlantic to Canada.