Relic Cults in Normandy and England in the Tenth and Eleventh Centuries
John Crook
Abstract In the previous two chapters I traced way in which, period up to c.1000, presence of a relic cult influenced architectural development church wherein saint was housed. Most examples cited were perforce continental, for survival rate remains is far higher on mainland than England; but some insular architecture included, and sought demonstrate relationship between those comparatively rare survivals Anglo-Saxon current continental practice. My broad conclusion that from seventh century many changes physical setting saints evident Continent also occurred England, often virtually contemporaneously, although available evidence suggests Carolingian enthusiasm ring-crypts only infrequently crossed English Channel.
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