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OverviewSt Dunstan of Canterbury (909-88) was the central figure in the development of English church and society after the death of King Alfred. Douglas Dales traces Dunstan's life beginning with his education at the great monastery of Glastonbury of which he became abbot. He was a central figure at the court of the kings of Wessex but was banished, partly because of his hostility to the king's mistresses, and went to exile in Flanders. After his return he was appointed Archbishop of Canterbury. During the twenty-eight years of his primacy he carried out one of the major developments of the century, the reformation of the monasteries. This book aims to examine him not merely as a prelate and royal advisor, but to see other aspects of his life: his skills as a craftsman caused him to be adopted as the patron saint of goldsmiths; some of his work as calligrapher and artist survives to this day; the coronation service which he drew up still lies at the heart of this service for English monarchs today; he was famed for his musical skills; above all, the sanctity of his name and the fame of his miracles kept Dunstan's memory alive. Douglas Dales' re-examination of the life and times of Dunstan sets his achievements against the social and religious background of the day, at a time when new forces were emerging that would shape the future of England and the English Church for centuries to come. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Douglas Dales , Robert RunciePublisher: James Clarke & Co Ltd Imprint: James Clarke & Co Ltd Edition: Second Edition Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.363kg ISBN: 9780227173923ISBN 10: 0227173929 Pages: 276 Publication Date: 25 April 2013 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsAbbreviations Foreword by Robert Runcie, Former Archbishop of Canterbury Preface to the Third (Coronation) Edition Preface to the Second Edition Preface to the First Edition Tenth-Century Regnal and Archiepiscopal Lists Part One: Glastonbury AD 909-59 1 The Legacy of Alfred the Great 2 Oritur Puer Strenuus 3 At the Court of Athelstan 4 Abbot of Glastonbury 5 Exile and Return Part Two: Canterbury AD 960-88 6 Archbishop of Canterbury 7 The Monasteries 8 The Statesman 9 Two Kings Part Three: The Legacy AD 989-1023 10 The Successors 11 The Flowering of the Tenth Century 12 St Dunstan Notes Bibliography IndexReviewsI amdeeply grateful to Douglas Dales for this comprehensively researched and elegantly written biography. I hope it does much to renew an interest in Dunstan and a period of English church history which has much more immediate lessons for our Christian life now than a thousand years' separation seems to suggest. --Foreword by Robert Runcie I amdeeply grateful to Douglas Dales for this comprehensively researched and elegantly written biography. I hope it does much to renew an interest in Dunstan and a period of English church history which has much more immediate lessons for our Christian life now than a thousand years separation seems to suggest. --Foreword by Robert Runcie Author InformationDouglas Dales was educated at St Dunstan's College, London, and was a scholar of Christ Church, Oxford: he holds degrees in history and theology. He is a parish priest in two parishes, and is Chaplain and Head of Religious Studies at Marlborough College. He is married with three children, and lives in Marlborough. He is the author of Light to the Isles (2010). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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