TY - BOOK AU - Dales,Douglas TI - Dunstan: saint and statesman SN - 0227900804 AV - BR754.D85 D35 2013eb U1 - 942.01/7/0924 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Cambridge PB - James Clarke & Co. KW - Dunstan, KW - Christian saints KW - England KW - Biography KW - Anglo-Saxons KW - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY KW - Historical KW - bisacsh KW - HISTORY KW - Europe KW - Great Britain KW - fast KW - RELIGION / Christianity / General KW - Church history KW - 449-1066 KW - Electronic books N1 - Originally published in 1988 by The Lutterworth Press; Includes bibliographical references; pt. 1. Glastonbury : AD 909-59 -- pt. 2. Canterbury : AD 960-88 -- pt. 3. The legacy : AD 989-1023 N2 - 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 UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=813479 ER -