Publisher： Cambridge University Press
E-ISSN： 1758-5309|53|1|52-58
ISSN： 0003-5815
Source： Antiquaries Journal, Vol.53, Iss.1, 1973-03, pp. : 52-58
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Abstract
A survey of the structural and contemporary literary evidence for the position of the altar in Anglo-Saxon churches before the Viking invasions of the ninth century indicates that it was not at the east end of the church but in a more central position. This was sometimes near the east end of the nave and sometimes in the eastern compartment. As an indication of how this practice may have arisen in England, references are given to evidence for similar treatment of the altar in Continental and North African churches at somewhat earlier dates.
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