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FROM DAVID THOMSON, THE BISHOP OF HUNTINGDON

Richard Hoggett THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE EAST ANGLIAN CONVERSION

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If you’ve not yet seen this book by Richard Hoggett it’s well worth a look, especially if you live in East Anglia and are interested in its history and heritage.

I’ve got a short review of it in today’s Times Literary Supplement (p.31) if you want to find out more.

The Boydell Press. £50.00. (Hardcover)
978 1 843 83595 0

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  1. [...] lots more churches to visit! The numbers, by the way, tend to support Richard Hoggett’s thesis that the Anglo_Saxon conversion of East Anglia and in particular its southern part was speedy and [...]

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