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But what set priests apart from the society in which they lived was the authority to provide pastoral care and their ability to use the written word. This first full-length study of Anglo-Saxon priests' books examines a wide array of evidence, including booklists, music, liturgy, narrative, and, crucially, the surviving manuscripts.
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