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The Convert Kings: Power and Religious Affiliation in Early Anglo-Saxon England Paperback – September 15, 1997

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The story of the conversion of the English to Christianity traditionally begins with Augustine's arrival in 597. This text offers a critical re-evaluation of the process of conversion which assesses what the act really meant to new converts, who was responsible for it, and why particular figures both accepted conversion for themselves and threw their influence behind the spread of Christianity. The conversion has often been seen as something which missionaries did to the English. The book restores responsibility to the English and, in particular, King Aethelbert, Edwin, Oswald and Oswin, and it is their religious policies that form the focus of this text.
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    Manchester University Press
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    September 15, 1997
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    6.68 x 0.89 x 8.56 inches
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    0719048281
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    978-0719048289
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Manchester University Press (September 15, 1997)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 304 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0719048281
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0719048289
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.6 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.68 x 0.89 x 8.56 inches
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Mark Howells
5.0 out of 5 stars The Politics of the English Conversion to Christianity
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This book asks and attempts to answer why the previously pagan English kings found it politically expedient to convert to Christianity. What did they gain? What did they loose? How did the political consideration of these dynasts differ from the ecclesiastically written histories in their reasoning for conversion?
The book is divided into four sections. The first deals with the sociological and anthropological theories regarding conversion. The second reviews Æthelbert of Kent's reaction to Augustine's mission to England. The third section shows how Edwin of Deira used the new Christian cult. Finally, the choice between competing cults (Roman Christian, Celtic Christian, and non-Christian paganism) and their use by the Bernician kings Oswald and Oswiu to further their dynasties' imperial ambitions is reviewed in detail.
The author is acutely aware of the ecclesiastical source material in which our understanding of this period of history is rooted. He is honest enough to label his own theorizing as "beyond proof" based on the available sources.
This book is fascinating to read. You will get a great deal more out of this political history if you read Henry Mayr-Harting's "The Coming of Christianity to Anglo-Saxon England" first. Mayr-Harting's is the seminal work on the subject and will assist in your understanding of the traditional interpretation of the conversion period's history. After reading Higham's "Convert Kings", you will never look at the Synod of Whitby the same way again.
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5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent, scholarly study of early Christian England
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Higham shows his skill as a careful historian, teasing out what is probable whilst also allowing possibilities to be witnessed. An excellent, scholarly study of early Christian England.
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