When did Anglo-Saxon monks begin to recite the daily hours of prayer, the Divine Office, according to the liturgical pattern prescribed in the Rule of St Benedict? Going beyond the simplistic assumptions of previous scholarship, this book reveals that the early Anglo-Saxon Churc…
"At the heart of life in any medieval Christian religious community was the communal recitation of the daily 'hours of prayer' or Divine Office. This book draws on narrative, conciliar, and manuscript sources to reconstruct the history of how the Divine Office was sung in Anglo-…
First full-scale survey and examination of liturgical practice and its fundamental changes over four centuries.
When did Anglo-Saxon monks begin to recite the daily hours of prayer, the Divine Office, according to the liturgical pattern prescribed in the Rule of St Benedict? Going beyond the simplistic assumptions of previous scholarship, this book reveals that the early Anglo-Saxon Churc…
First full-scale survey and examination of liturgical practice and its fundamental changes over four centuries.