Monasticism

Churches in Britain Before 1,000 AD by Alfred Plummer

Today’s free title is Alfred Plummer’s 2-volume study of the church in Britain before 1,000 AD. This public domain title was digitised from the set held in Spurgeon’s College library.

Alfred Plummer [1841-1926], The Churches in Britain Before A.D. 1000, 2 Vols. London: Robert Scott, 1911. Hbk. pp.205+264. [Click here to visit the download page for this title]

Contents, Volume 1

  • Preface
  1. The British Church
  2. The Conquest of Britain by the English and the Conquest of the English by the Gospel
  3. The Keltic Church of Iona; St. Columba and St. Aidan
  4. The English Church; St. Wilfred amd the Venerable Bede
  5. Monasticism
  6. The English Dioceses
  • Chronological Table

Contents, Volume 2

  1. The English Missionaries
  2. The Penitential System and Penitentials
  3. The Revival Under Alfred
  4. The Revival Under Dunstan
  5. The Danes
  • Chronological Table
  • Index

Main Image: Iona Abbey. Image by daisiem from Pixabay

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