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Anglo-Saxon England

In Search of the Real Middle Earth
Tolkien's world of ogres, goblins, elves and fairies is more popular today than ever but, as this well-written and interesting study shows, it was not entirely fantastical. Bates argues that the tribal world of early medieval Europe, encapsulating Celts, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings, was a genuine Middle Earth. These pragmatic people were inspired by their belief that the landscape around them was imbued with magical properties. Combining archaeology ...
Hardback. Price GB £7.99

Tastes of Anglo-Saxon England
by Mary Savelli
The first chapter provides an introduction to the Anglo-Saxon kitchen, cookery and supplies, background information about households, drinks, and cooking techniques. This is followed by forty-six recipes, including the rather disappointingly named Chicken Salad, Bean Soup, Cheese Spread and Spice Loaf, enabling the reader to enjoy a mix of ingredients and flavours that were widely known in Anglo-Saxon England. 74p (Anglo-Saxon Books 2002)
Paperback. Price GB £5.95

Wearmouth and Jarrow Monastic Sites, Vol 1
by Rosemary Cramp
Founded by Benedict Biscop in the late 7th century, the twin monastery of Wearmouth and Jarrow achieved an international reputation through the writings of Bede. Destroyed in the mid 9th century the house was refounded in the 11th and survives to this day as a seat of religious scholarship. This report describes the excavations undertaken at the two sites by Rosemary Cramp between 1959 and 1988. They showed that the founder did indeed build in ...
Paperback. Price GB £80.00

The Making of Kingdoms: Anglo-Saxon Studies in Archaeology and History 10
edited by Tania Dickinson and David Griffiths
Rather than debate location and specifics, this collection concentrates on the interconnections and resonances of kingdoms. Papers were drawn from the 47th Sachsensymposium (York, 1996) and address areas around the North Sea and Baltic. This volume examines general models and research agenda derived from archaeology and history; the search for kingdoms on the ground (control and mobilisation of resources through economic, social and territorial ...
Paperback. Publisher's Price GB £35.00, Our Price GB £5.00

Anglo-Saxon England 39
edited by Malcolm Godden and Simon Keynes
Articles in volume 39 include: 'Why is the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle about kings?' by Nicholas Brooks, 'The Old English Life of St Neot and the legends of King Alfred' by Malcolm Godden, 'The Edgar poems and the poetics of failure in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle' by Scott Thompson Smith and an article focusing on the new discovery of an eighteenth Agnus Dei penny of King Aethelred the Unready by Simon Keynes and Mark Blackburn. 360p b/w illus ...
Hardback. Price GB £90.00

Mercia: The Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Central England
by Sarah Zaluckyj
There is no doubt that the finding of the Staffordshire hoard has brought Mercia back into the centre of attention, and it is very good to have this informative survey back in print in a new edition. Sarah Zaluckyj weaves history and archaeology and monuments and place-names together in tracing the origin and growth of Mercia and its eventual merging into the Anglo-Saxon kingdom. Roman departure, Anglo-Saxon arrival, Penda, Pagan Mercia, ...
Paperback. Price GB £14.95

Money and Power in Anglo-Saxon England: The Southern English Kingdoms, 757-865
by Rory Naismith
This groundbreaking study of coinage in early medieval England is the first to take account of the very significant additions to the corpus of southern English coins discovered in recent years and to situate this evidence within the wider historical context of Anglo-Saxon England and its continental neighbours. Its nine chapters integrate historical and numismatic research to explore who made early medieval coinage, who used it and why. The ...
Hardback. Price GB £60.00

Anglo-saxon England 38
edited by Malcolm Godden and Simon Keynes
Articles in volume 38 include: The Passio Andreae and The Dream of the Rood by Thomas D. Hill, Beowulf off the Map by Alfred Hiatt, Numerical Composition and Beowulf: A Re-consideration by Yvette Kisor, 'The Landed Endowment of the Anglo-Saxon Minster at Hanbury (Worcs.) by Steven Bassett, Scapegoating the Secular Clergy: The Hermeneutic Style as a Form of Monastic Self-Definition by Rebecca Stephenson, Understanding Numbers in MS London, British ...
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Concepts of Arthur
by Thomas Green
A meticulously researched study, which for once doesn't claim to have discovered the 'real' King Arthur, but examines the non-Galifridian sources in depth, aiming to get as close to their origin as possible. Going against the prevailing tide, Thomas Green sets aside any assumptions that Arthur must have existed, but through careful comparison of the earliest sources, concludes that his origin lies not as a historical figure, but one of myth and ...
Paperback. Price GB £18.99

Early English Arbitration
by Derek Roebuck
Following his works on Greek and Roman arbitration, Derek Roebuck here examines the methods and procedures adopted to settle disputes in England from Prehistory until Henry II's legal reforms of 1154. As befits the evidence the majority of the book concentrates on the Anglo-Saxon period, the early dooms and the laws of Alfred. The study is interdisciplinary, using archaeological evidence and anthropological theory alongside written evidence. It ...
Hardback. Price GB £40.00