[PDF] Anglo Saxon England Volume 32 eBook

Author : Michael Lapidge
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 48,87 MB
Release : 2004-07-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521813440

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Throughout the centuries of its existence, Anglo-Saxon society was highly, if not widely, literate: it was a society the functioning of which depended very largely on the written word. All the essays in this volume throw light on the literacy of Anglo-Saxon England, from the writs which were used as the instruments of government from the eleventh century onwards, to the normative texts which regulated the lives of Benedictine monks and nuns, to the runes stamped on an Anglo-Saxon coin, to the pseudorunes which deliver the coded message of a man to his lover in a well-known Old English poem, to the mysterious writing on an amulet which was apparently worn by a religious for a personal protection from the devil. The usual comprehensive bibliography of the previous year's publications in all branches of Anglo-Saxon studies rounds off the book.

Author : Sally Crawford
Publisher : Shire Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,48 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 : Barbara Yorke
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 12,76 MB
Release : 2002-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1134707258

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Kings and Kingdoms of Early Anglo-Saxon England provides a unique survey of the six major Anglo-Saxon kingdoms and their royal families, examining the most recent research in this field.

Author : Christine Rauer
Publisher : DS Brewer
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 31,34 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1843843471

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New edition with facing-page translation of a highly significant and influential Old English text.

Author : Michael Lapidge
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 43,63 MB
Release : 2004-07-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780521813440

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Anglo-Saxon England consistently embraces all the main aspects of study of Anglo-Saxon history and culture. Articles in volume 32 include: On argumentation in Old English philology, with particular reference to the editing and dating of Beowulf; The earliest manuscript of Bede's metrical; The sources of the Old English Martyrology; The Old English Benedictine Rule: Writing for women and men; The trick of the runes in The Husband's Message; Illustrations of damnation in late Anglo-Saxon manuscripts; The use of writs in the eleventh century; Bibliography for 2002.

Author : Michael Lapidge
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 37,67 MB
Release : 2004-07-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780521813440

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Anglo-Saxon England consistently embraces all the main aspects of study of Anglo-Saxon history and culture. Articles in volume 32 include: On argumentation in Old English philology, with particular reference to the editing and dating of Beowulf; The earliest manuscript of Bede's metrical; The sources of the Old English Martyrology; The Old English Benedictine Rule: Writing for women and men; The trick of the runes in The Husband's Message; Illustrations of damnation in late Anglo-Saxon manuscripts; The use of writs in the eleventh century; Bibliography for 2002.

Author : John Blair
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 14,89 MB
Release : 2018-04-17
Category : History
ISBN : 1400889901

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A radical rethinking of the Anglo-Saxon world that draws on the latest archaeological discoveries This beautifully illustrated book draws on the latest archaeological discoveries to present a radical reappraisal of the Anglo-Saxon built environment and its inhabitants. John Blair, one of the world's leading experts on this transformative era in England's early history, explains the origins of towns, manor houses, and castles in a completely new way, and sheds new light on the important functions of buildings and settlements in shaping people's lives during the age of the Venerable Bede and King Alfred. Building Anglo-Saxon England demonstrates how hundreds of recent excavations enable us to grasp for the first time how regionally diverse the built environment of the Anglo-Saxons truly was. Blair identifies a zone of eastern England with access to the North Sea whose economy, prosperity, and timber buildings had more in common with the Low Countries and Scandinavia than the rest of England. The origins of villages and their field systems emerge with a new clarity, as does the royal administrative organization of the kingdom of Mercia, which dominated central England for two centuries. Featuring a wealth of color illustrations throughout, Building Anglo-Saxon England explores how the natural landscape was modified to accommodate human activity, and how many settlements--secular and religious—were laid out with geometrical precision by specialist surveyors. The book also shows how the Anglo-Saxon love of elegant and intricate decoration is reflected in the construction of the living environment, which in some ways was more sophisticated than it would become after the Norman Conquest.

Author : Michael Lapidge
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 29,29 MB
Release : 1997-02-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521571470

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This volume brings to light material evidence to further our knowledge of Anglo-Saxon England.