Thomas Pickles was born and grew up in Whitby, North Yorkshire. He studied for a BA, M. St. and D. Phil. in History at Wadham College, University of Oxford. He was a Fellow by Special Election of St Catherine's College, University of Oxford, a Lecturer in History in the Centre for Medieval Studies and Department of History at the University of York, and a Lecturer in History and Archaeology in the Department of History, Classics, and Archaeology at Birkbeck, before joining the Department of History at the University of Chester.

A hugely impressive volume that deserves to generate more detailed studies in Yorkshire, and comparable explotations of other parts of Danelaw.

• Introduction 1: The Kingdom of the Deirans, 450-c. 650 2: The 'Ecclesiastical Aristocracy', 600- c. 730 3: Politics, Conversionm and Christianization 616-c. 867 4: The 'Ecclesiastical Aristocracy' and the Laity, 600-c. 867 5: Kingship, Social Change, and the Church, 867-c. 1066 6: Religious Communities, Local Churches, and the Laity, 867-c. 1066 Conclusion Bibliography

Thomas Pickles was born and grew up in Whitby, North Yorkshire. He studied for a BA, M. St. and D. Phil. in History at Wadham College, University of Oxford. He was a Fellow by Special Election of St Catherine's College, University of Oxford, a Lecturer in History in the Centre for Medieval Studies and Department of History at the University of York, and a Lecturer in History and Archaeology in the Department of History, Classics, and Archaeology at Birkbeck, before joining the Department of History at the University of Chester.

A hugely impressive volume that deserves to generate more detailed studies in Yorkshire, and comparable explotations of other parts of Danelaw.

• Introduction 1: The Kingdom of the Deirans, 450-c. 650 2: The 'Ecclesiastical Aristocracy', 600- c. 730 3: Politics, Conversionm and Christianization 616-c. 867 4: The 'Ecclesiastical Aristocracy' and the Laity, 600-c. 867 5: Kingship, Social Change, and the Church, 867-c. 1066 6: Religious Communities, Local Churches, and the Laity, 867-c. 1066 Conclusion Bibliography

Thomas Pickles was born and grew up in Whitby, North Yorkshire. He studied for a BA, M. St. and D. Phil. in History at Wadham College, University of Oxford. He was a Fellow by Special Election of St Catherine's College, University of Oxford, a Lecturer in History in the Centre for Medieval Studies and Department of History at the University of York, and a Lecturer in History and Archaeology in the Department of History, Classics, and Archaeology at Birkbeck, before joining the Department of History at the University of Chester.

A hugely impressive volume that deserves to generate more detailed studies in Yorkshire, and comparable explotations of other parts of Danelaw.

• Introduction 1: The Kingdom of the Deirans, 450-c. 650 2: The 'Ecclesiastical Aristocracy', 600- c. 730 3: Politics, Conversionm and Christianization 616-c. 867 4: The 'Ecclesiastical Aristocracy' and the Laity, 600-c. 867 5: Kingship, Social Change, and the Church, 867-c. 1066 6: Religious Communities, Local Churches, and the Laity, 867-c. 1066 Conclusion Bibliography