{"product_id":"the-antiquities-of-the-anglo-saxon-church-by-lingard-1841","title":"The Antiquities of the Anglo-Saxon Church, by Lingard (1841)","description":"\u003cp\u003eLingard, John. \u003cstrong\u003eThe Antiquities of the Anglo-Saxon Church\u003c\/strong\u003e. Philadelphia: M. Fifthian, 1841. The First American, from the Second London Edition. [11832]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFull brown sheep with a brown leather spine title label, surface scuff and edge-wear, 1 inch split top of front joint, joints otherwise good, corners frayed, 9 x 6 inches, tight. Several previous owner's stamps\/signatures on the front end papers, including one in blue ink from 1982. Folding map of Anglo-Saxon Britain as frontispiece; 324 generally clean pp. with some sections having foxing; engraving on steel of \"St. Augustin's Interview with Ethelbert.\" Good. Hardcover.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"My [research] is an attempt to describe the ecclesiastical polity, and religious practices of our ancestors; the discipline, revenues, and learning of the clerical and monastic orders; and the more important revolutions which promoted or impaired the prosperity of the Anglo-Saxon Church....My object is truth; and in the pursuit of truth, I have made it a religious duty to consult the original historians. Who would draw from the troubled stream, when he may drink at the fountain head?\" from The Preface. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIncludes: fold-out map of Anglo-Saxon Britain, preface to the American Edition, the preface,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI. Christianity Introduced into Britain; Conquests of the Saxons; Their Conversion; Conduct of the Missionaries; Controversies respecting Easter. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eII. Extensive Jurisdiction of St. Augustine; Archbishops of Canterbury, York, Lichfield; Number of Bishoprics; Election of Bishops; Episcopal Monasteries; Institution of Parishes; Discipline of the Clergy; Celibacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIII. Revenues of the Clergy; Donations of Land; Voluntary Oblations; Tithes; Church Dues; Right of Aslum; Peace of the Church; Romescot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIV. Origin of the Monastic Institute; Anglo-Saxon Monks; Of St. Gregory; Of St. Columba; Of St. Benedict; Vows of Obedience; Chastity; Poverty; Possessions of the Monks; Their Attention to the Mechanic Arts; To Agriculture; Their Hospitality; Their Charity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eV. Government of the Anglo-Saxon Church; Episcopal Synods; National Councils; Supremacy of the Popes; They Establish Metropolitan Sees; Confirm the Election of Archbishops; Reform Abuses; And Receive Appeals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVI. Religious Practices of the Anglo-Saxons; Their Sacraments; The Liturgy; Communion; Confession; Penitential Canons; Mitigation of Penance; Absolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVII. Euchological Ceremonies; Benediction of the Anglo-Saxon Knights; Of Marriages; Ordinations of the Clergy; Coronation of Kings; Dedication of Churches.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVIII. Origin of Prayers for the Dead; Associations for that Purpose; Devotions Performed for the Dead; Funeral Ceremonies; Places of Sepulture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIX. Veneration and invocation of the Saints; Relics; Miracles; Pictures and Images; Pilgrimages; Travels of St. Willibald; Ordeals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eX. Literature of the Anglo-Saxons; Learning of Theodore and Adrian; Libraries; Theology; Classics; Logic; Arithmetic; Natural Philosophy; Learned Men; St Aldhelm; Bede; Alcuin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eXI. Descents of the Danes; Destruction of Churches and Monasteries; Prevalence of Ignorance and Immorality; Efforts to restore the Clerical and Monastic Orders.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eXII. Restoration of Ecclesiastical Discipline; St. Dunstan; He Is Raised to the See of Canterbury; Reproves Edgar; Oppose the Pontiff; Restores the Monks; Council of Calne.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eXIII. Missions of the Anglo-Saxons; St. Willibrord; St. Boniface; St. Willehad; St. Sigfrid in Sweden; Conversion of Denmark; Of Norway.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNotes. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJohn Lingard (1771-1851), English Roman Catholic priest and historian, teacher in the English College at Douai, and later at St. Cuthbert's College.  He published a very popular 8-volume History of England, from the First Invasion of the Romans to the Accesson of Henry VIII, said to be the most popular work in print on English History from 1819 until Richard Green's Short History of the English People was published in 1874.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Haaswurth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43017066217538,"sku":"ABE11832","price":145.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0191\/6066\/2082\/files\/DSC05994BackgroundRemoved.png?v=1771875183","url":"https:\/\/www.haaswurth.com\/products\/the-antiquities-of-the-anglo-saxon-church-by-lingard-1841","provider":"Haaswurth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}