Fresh perspectives on the English clergy, their books, and the wider Anglo-Saxon church.

Introduction
Priests, Books, and Pastoral Care
"Ne cunnon þæt leden understandan": Issues of Clerical Literacy
Demand and Supply: Production and Provision of Books for Priests
Preaching and Homiletic Books for Priests
Performing the Liturgy: Priests' Books for the Mass and Office
Locating Penitentials, Manuals, and Computi
Conclusions
Appendix
Bibliography

GERALD P. DYSON is Assistant Professor of History at Kentucky Christian University.