I am called Alban : the story of St Alban and his legacy
Attewill, Laurence2023
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There are many excellent books on St Albans, its cathedral and its history but few that take in the grand sweep of history. In this book, Laurence Attewill brings a fresh-eye focus on Alban and his legacy. It tells the Alban story in a readable, non-academic style and makes the case that a thread of continuity can be traced through the whole period despite various existential threats. It does not shrink from asking awkward questions: who was Alban and was he really martyred and if so, when? Was the Saxon monastery really founded by King Offa? Why did the Norman invaders, and in particular Bishop Lanfranc, attach so much importance to the status of St Alban as the English protomartyr, to the extent that he built such a huge abbey church, the biggest in England at the time? The story concludes with the dramatic events that led to the elevation of the Abbey as the cathedral of a new diocese in the 19th century.
Main title:
I am called Alban : the story of St Alban and his legacy / Laurence Attewill.
Author:
Attewill, Laurence, author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : The Choir Press, 2023.
Collation:
1 volume
ISBN:
9781789633467
Dewey class:
LOC 270.092 MWK270.092LOC 270.092 HARLOR 270.092/STALOC 270.092/STA
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2648028