Alcuin, Adrian, and the Martyrs: A Triptych of English Catholic Civilization the Benedictine scholar who helped

the Benedictine scholar who helped shape the mind of Christendom

up to his role in establishing the Church’s presence along the Pacific coast

and works of charity that quietly powered progress

candid life of the village-born priest who became the Pope of the Eucharist

with heartfelt reflections such as:

Alcuin, Adrian, and the Martyrs: A Triptych of English Catholic Civilization the Benedictine scholar who helpedThis volume gathers three portraits from that vanished civilization: Alcuin of York, the Benedictine scholar who helped shape the mind of Christendom; Pope Adrian IV, the only Englishman to ascend the Chair of Peter; and the Elizabethan martyrs, whose blood consecrated a land already in ruin. All are men formed by a world in which the Faith governed law, language, and kingship. With selections from E. M. Wilmot Buxton, Richard Raby, and Dom Bede Camm,