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1 online resource (xvi, 201 pages)St Dunstan of Canterbury (909-88) was the central figure in the development of English church and society after the death of King Alfred. Douglas Dales traces Dunstan's life beginning with his education at the great monastery of Glastonbury of which he became abbot. He was a central figure at the court of the kings of Wessex but was banished, partly because of his hostility to the king's mistresses, and went to exile in Flanders. After his return he was appointed Archbishop of Canterbury. During the twenty-eight years of his primacy he carried out one of the major developments of the century,pt. 1. Glastonbury : AD 909-59 -- pt. 2. Canterbury : AD 960-88 -- pt. 3. The legacy : AD 989-1023.Douglas Dales.Originally published in 1988 by The Lutterworth Press.Includes bibliographical references.e-uk-enSaintDunstan909-988SaintDunstan909-988SaintDunstan909-988Christian saintsEnglandBiographyAnglo-SaxonsBiographyEnglandChurch history449-1066BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHYHistoricalHISTORYEuropeGreat BritainAnglo-SaxonsChristian saintsEnglandRELIGION / Christianity / General 449-1066 fast BR754.D85 D35 2013eb942.01/7/0924Dales, Douglas.Havertown : James Clarke & Co, ©20130227900804978022790080222573/ctt1cg79hg JSTORhttp://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=813479http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=813479E7B13052220200709060151.0ocn849930982eng