Sunday Observance and the Sunday Letter in Anglo-Saxon England (English, Dorothy Haines | Dorothy Haines)

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Edition and translation of Anglo-Saxon text, shedding light on Sunday observance and other issues. Few issues have had as far-reaching consequences as the development of the Christian holy day, Sunday. Every seven days, from the early middle ages, the Christian world has engaged in some kind of change in behaviour, ranging fromparticipation in a simple worship service to the cessation of every activity which could conceivably be construed as work…

ISBN: 9781843842224