دانلود کتاب Saint Wilfrid at Hexham

St Wilfrid was one of the most important figures in the early history of the Church and of Northumbria. His links with Rome and Gaul made his monasteries at Hexham and Ripon no mere outposts but an integral part of European Christendom in the Dark Ages. This book brings together, in celebration of the 1300th anniversary of the foundation of St Wilfrid's church at Hexham, a group of distinguished scholars who build up a picture of the man and his work in the setting of 'the age of saints' and among the vicious dynastic politics of the 7th and 8th centuries.

The first three chapters see Wilfrid from different points of view - in the context of Northumbrian history, as a personality and as a great landholder. Then Dr. Gilbert unravels the architectural history of Wilfrid's church at Hexham, reckoned in its time to be unequalled north of the Alps. Professor Cramp contributes the most detailed survey of early Northumbrian sculpture at Hexham ever published and Richard Bailey presents a systematic analysis of the metalwork.

Illustrated with plans, diagrams and 30 pages of plates.