[PDF] Daily Life In Anglo Saxon England eBook

Author : Sally Crawford
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 47,58 MB
Release : 2022-05-18
Category : History
ISBN : 1440859264

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Daily Life in Anglo-Saxon England examines and recreates many of the details of ordinary lives in early medieval England between the 5th and 11th centuries, exploring what we know as well as the surprising gaps in our knowledge. Daily Life in Anglo-Saxon England covers daily life in England from the 5th through the 11th centuries. These six centuries saw significant social, cultural, religious, and ethnic upheavals, including the introduction of Christianity, the creation of towns, the Viking invasions, the invention of "Englishness," and the Norman Conquest. In the last 10 years, there have been significant new archaeological discoveries, major advances in scientific archaeology, and new ways of thinking about the past, meaning it is now possible to say much more about everyday life during this time period than ever before. Drawing on a combination of archaeological and textual evidence, including the latest scientific findings from DNA and stable isotope analysis, this book looks at the life course of the early medieval English from the cradle to the grave, as well as how daily lives changed over these centuries. Topics covered include maintenance activities, education, play, commerce, trade, manufacturing, fashion, travel, migration, warfare, health, and medicine.

Author : Sally Crawford
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 12,41 MB
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 1846450136

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An introduction to the daily life of men, women and children living in England from the end of Roman Britain in the 5th century AD to the Norman Conquest, based on documentary and archaeological evidence.

Author : Sally Crawford
Publisher : Shire Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 23,58 MB
Release : 2011-06-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780747808367

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Early Anglo-Saxon England saw some of the most important elements in the creation of modern England: the Germanic migrations after the departure of the Romans and the introduction of Christianity in the 7th century. While traditionally the early centuries of Anglo-Saxon England have been disregarded as"'lost centuries," archaeological evidence, paired with the later written sources, can reveal a complex and often sophisticated society. This period saw the beginnings of urbanization, with the establishment of market-places enabling the trade of local and exotic goods, and the first schools were introduced in the 7th century. Sally Crawford looks at how the Anglo-Saxons lived, from the composition of an Anglo-Saxon family and how status was defined by an individual's occupation, to the complexities of feasting and drinking and how adults and children found entertainment.

Author : Sarah Foot
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 7 pages
File Size : 20,11 MB
Release : 2006-10-26
Category : History
ISBN : 0521859468

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A major 2006 history of English monasticism between the sixth and tenth centuries.

Author : Hana Videen
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 16,93 MB
Release : 2022-05-10
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 069123275X

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An entertaining and illuminating collection of weird, wonderful, and downright baffling words from the origins of English—and what they reveal about the lives of the earliest English speakers Old English is the language you think you know until you actually hear or see it. Unlike Shakespearean English or even Chaucer’s Middle English, Old English—the language of Beowulf—defies comprehension by untrained modern readers. Used throughout much of Britain more than a thousand years ago, it is rich with words that haven’t changed (like word), others that are unrecognizable (such as neorxnawang, or paradise), and some that are mystifying even in translation (gafol-fisc, or tax-fish). In this delightful book, Hana Videen gathers a glorious trove of these gems and uses them to illuminate the lives of the earliest English speakers. We discover a world where choking on a bit of bread might prove your guilt, where fiend-ship was as likely as friendship, and where you might grow up to be a laughter-smith. The Wordhord takes readers on a journey through Old English words and customs related to practical daily activities (eating, drinking, learning, working); relationships and entertainment; health and the body, mind, and soul; the natural world (animals, plants, and weather); locations and travel (the source of some of the most evocative words in Old English); mortality, religion, and fate; and the imagination and storytelling. Each chapter ends with its own “wordhord”—a list of its Old English terms, with definitions and pronunciations. Entertaining and enlightening, The Wordhord reveals the magical roots of the language you’re reading right now: you’ll never look at—or speak—English in the same way again.

Author : Helena Hamerow
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 16,45 MB
Release : 2012-07-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0199203253

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The first major synthesis of the evidence for Anglo-Saxon settlements from across England and throughout the Anglo-Saxon period, and a study of what it reveals about the communities who built and lived in them.

Author : Raymond Ian Page
Publisher : B.T. Batsford
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 17,10 MB
Release : 1970
Category : History
ISBN :

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Discusses the isolation inherent in the political and geographical divisions, pagan beliefs and Christianity, the hierarchical society, and the relationships between different social classes, woman's role, the working man, the king's servants and officials, and home life and amusements at all levels of society.

Author : Toni Mount
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 13,8 MB
Release : 2014-03-15
Category : History
ISBN : 1445615649

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Step back in time to medieval London to find out about the lives of those working and living there.

Author : Claire Breay
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,56 MB
Release : 2018
Category : Anglo-Saxons
ISBN : 9780712352024

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The Anglo-Saxon period stretches from the arrival of Germanic groups on British shores in the early 5th century to the Norman Conquest of 1066. During these centuries, the English language was used and written down for the first time, pagan populations were converted to Christianity, and the foundations of the kingdom of England were laid. This richly illustrated new book - which accompanies a landmark British Library exhibition - presents Anglo-Saxon England as the home of a highly sophisticated artistic and political culture, deeply connected with its continental neighbours. Leading specialists in early medieval history, literature and culture engage with the unique, original evidence from which we can piece together the story of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, examining outstanding and beautiful objects such as highlights from the Staffordshire hoard and the Sutton Hoo burial. At the heart of the book is the British Library's outstanding collection of Anglo-Saxon manuscripts, the richest source of evidence about Old English language and literature, including Beowulf and other poetry; the Lindisfarne Gospels, one of Britain's greatest artistic and religious treasures; the St Cuthbert Gospel, the earliest intact European book; and historical manuscripts such as Bede's Ecclesiastical History and the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. These national treasures are discussed alongside other, internationally important literary and historical manuscripts held in major collections in Britain and Europe. This book, and the exhibition it accompanies, chart a fascinating and dynamic period in early medieval history, and will bring to life our understanding of these formative centuries.