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Textual and Material Culture in Anglo-Saxon England
Thomas Northcote Toller and the Toller Memorial Lectures
Av Elias A. I. Chacour, Donald Scragg
Inbunden, 2003
1952 kr
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Significant Anglo-Saxon papers, with postscripts, illustrate advances in knowledge of life and culture of pre-Conquest England.Thomas Northcote Toller, of the Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, is one of the most influential but least known Anglo-Saxon scholars of the early twentieth century. …
Apocryphal Texts and Traditions in Anglo-Saxon England
Av George Gheverghese Joseph, Kathryn Powell m. fl.
Inbunden, 2003
1428 kr
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Studies and editions of Anglo-Saxon apocryphal materials, filling a gap in literature available on the boundaries between apocryphal and orthodox in the period.Apocrypha and apocryphal traditions in Anglo-Saxon England have been often referred to but little studied. This collection fills a gap in …
King Harold II and the Bayeux Tapestry
Inbunden, 2005
877 kr
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Essays on the brief but tumultuous reign of Harold II, and one of our most important sources of knowledge of the time - the Bayeux Tapestry.Harold II is chiefly remembered today, perhaps unfairly, for the brevity of his reign and his death at the Battle of Hastings. The papers collected here seek …
Britons in Anglo-Saxon England
Av Nick Higham
Inbunden, 2007
1333 kr
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The question of the British presence in Anglo-Saxon England readdressed by archaeologists, historians, linguists, and place-name specialists.The number of native Britons, and their role, in Anglo-Saxon England has been hotly debated for generations; the English were seen as Germanic in the …
Edgar, King of the English, 959-975
New Interpretations
Inbunden, 2008
1346 kr
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Fresh assessments of Edgar's reign, reappraising key elements using documentary, coin, and pictorial evidence.King Edgar ruled England for a short but significant period in the middle of the tenth century. Two of his four children succeeded him as king and two were to become canonized. He was known …
Landscape Archaeology of Anglo-Saxon England
Av Nicholas J. Higham, Martin J. Ryan
Inbunden, 2010
1267 kr
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The Anglo-Saxon period was crucial to the development of the English landscape, but is rarely studied. The essays here provide radical new interpretations of its development.Traditional opinion has perceived the Anglo-Saxons as creating an entirely new landscape from scratch in the fifth and sixth …
Place-names, Language and the Anglo-Saxon Landscape
Av Nicholas J. Higham, Martin J. Ryan
Inbunden, 2011
1346 kr
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An exploration of the landscape of Anglo-Saxon England, particularly through the prism of place-names and what they can reveal.The landscape of modern England still bears the imprint of its Anglo-Saxon past. Villages and towns, fields, woods and forests, parishes and shires, all shed light on the …
Leaders of the Anglo-Saxon Church
From Bede to Stigand
Inbunden, 2012
1230 kr
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Essays bring out the important and complex roles played by Anglo-Saxon churchmen, including Bede and lesser-known figures.Both episcopal and abbatial authority were of fundamental importance to the development of the Christian church in Anglo-Saxon England. Bishops and heads of monastic houses were …
Kingship, Legislation and Power in Anglo-Saxon England
Av Gale R Owen-Crocker, Brian W. Schneider
Inbunden, 2013
1333 kr
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The relationship between Anglo-Saxon kingship, law, and the functioning of power is explored via a number of different angles.The essays collected here focus on how Anglo-Saxon royal authority was expressed and disseminated, through laws, delegation, relationships between monarch and Church, and …
Edgar, King of the English, 959-975
New Interpretations
Häftad, 2014
409 kr
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Fresh assessments of Edgar's reign, reappraising key elements using documentary, coin, and pictorial evidence.King Edgar ruled England for a short but significant period in the middle of the tenth century. Two of his four children succeeded him as king and two were to become canonized. He was known …
English Vernacular Minuscule from Æthelred to Cnut, circa 990 - circa 1035
Inbunden, 2014
1333 kr
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First full-scale examination of the phenomenon of the English Vernacular minuscule, analysing the full corpus and giving an account of its history and development.A new, distinct script, English Vernacular minuscule, emerged in the 990s, used for writing in Old English. It appeared at a time of …
