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From Anglo-Saxon times, when the missionaries first arrived from Ireland and Rome and erected crosses, through medieval Catholicism and the Reformation, to the uncertain future in the 21st century.
Synopsis
Tells the story of the English parish church, from the first temporary buildings erected in Anglo-Saxon times to its uncertain future in the twenty-first century. This book takes us on a journey - historical, social and spiritual - to explore what men and women experienced through the age when they went to church on Sunday.