Between the dedication of the first cathedral at Old Sarum in 1092 and the dedication of the new one in 1258, there developed a highly complex code of managerial and liturgical customs based on traditions rooted in Anglo-Saxon Sherborne, themselves influenced by Celtic and early continental practice, and newer influences from the Church in Normandy. These customs are collectively known as The Sarum Use, and Baxter explains particular elements of them as well as their religious and social context, their origin, and their fate down the centuries to the present. His study first appeared in 1992. It is not indexed. Distributed in North America by The David Brown Book Co. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
