Saxon Church and the Norman Conquest – C T Cruttwell

Saxon Church and the Norman Conquest – C T Cruttwell

Today’s free book is a history of the Saxon Church in England before and after the Norman Conquest of 1066. My thanks to Book Aid for making a copy of this public domain title available for digitisation. Charles Thomas Cruttwell [1847-1911], The Saxon Church and the Norman Conquest. London: Methuen & Co., 1909. Hbk. pp.268….

English Monks and the Suppression of the Monasteries

English Monks and the Suppression of the Monasteries

Today’s free book is Geoffrey Baskerville’s study of English monks up the time of the supression of the monasteries. My thanks to Book Aid for making a copy of this public domain title available for digitisation. Geoffrey Baskerville [1870-1944], English Monks and the Suppression of the Monasteries. London: Jonathan Cape, 1937. Hbk. pp.312. [Click here…

British Churches Before Augustine of Canterbury

Three lectures on the earliest period of English Church History, before Augustine of Canterbury’s mission. Rev. G.F. Browne, formerly Professor of Archaeology at the University of Cambridge. My thanks to Book Aid for making this public domain title available for digitisation and to Hel-Hama for the superb SVG image (above). George Forrest Browne [1833-1930], The…

Seven Lectures on Medieval Missions by Thomas Smith D.D.

These seven lectures on medieval missions include within their scope material on Clovis and Clotilda, Paternus, Columba, Augustine of Canterbury, Aidan, Columbanus, Brunehilde, Boniface, Willebrord, Anskar and Ramon Llull. They appear on-line thanks to Redcliffe College, who recently asked me to digitise 1,000 mission books from their library. This book is in the Public Domain….