Books by Benedicta Ward

The first information about English Christianity was written down by the monk Bede in the eighth century. Ward looks at this early age of English Christianity and how it ended with the attacks of the Vikings, and the "golden age" of faith and culture which followed in the tenth century.

A collection of studies concerned with the value and meaning of Christian holiness and spirituality, notably as expressed in hagiographic literature, from Late Antiquity through to the Middle Ages.

* The second volume of a compelling, original work which will redefine our perceptions of medieval civilization, the renaissance and the evolution of modern Europe. * Written by a man who was widely regarded as the greatest medieval historian. .