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Article: M. Bradford Bedingfield, The Dramatic Liturgy of Anglo-Saxon England.(Book Review)
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- Medium Aevum
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- September 22, 2003
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(Woodbridge: Boydell, 2002). ix + 246 pp.; 8 plates. ISBN 0-85115-873-0. 45.00 [pounds sterling].
Very few monographs have so far been devoted to Anglo-Saxon liturgy.; a subject which is central to our understanding of the ecclesiastical culture of pre-Conquest England, but whose complexities and perceived marginality to the aspects of Anglo-Saxon culture which have engaged most scholarly attention have not encouraged its study. M. Bradford Bedingfield's book is a welcome and striking contribution, which stresses the nature of liturgy as a performed event, expressive of the same trends and agendas as other cultural products.
The key to Bedingfield's ...