Anglo-Saxon, Viking and Early Medieval Europe

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  1. Italian Arthurian Literature I

    Italian Arthurian Literature I: Italian Arthurian Literature I [Hardback]

    Gloria Allaire (Author)

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    ISBN: 9780859916455
    Published by : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
    Italian text with facing English translation of the Tristano panciatichiano , a 14th-century compilation of Arthurian legends, in both prose and verse, from Florence that has never previously been edited. The text is preceded by a brief introduc... .... Learn More
  2. Acton Court

    Acton Court: The evolution of an early Tudor courtier's house [Paperback]

    Kirsty Rodwell (Author); Robert Bell (Author)

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    ISBN: 9781873592632
    Published by : English Heritage
    In 1535 Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn visited Acton Court in southern Gloucestershire, the home of the favoured courtier Nicholas Poyntz. Built in the 13th century, on an older structure, by the Acton family, the moated manor was transformed by N... .... Learn More
  3. The Anglo-Saxon World

    The Anglo-Saxon World [Hardback]

    Nicholas Higham (Author); Martin J. Ryan (Author)

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    ISBN: 9780300125344
    Published by : Yale University Press
    The Anglo-Saxon period, stretching from the fifth to the late eleventh century, begins with the Roman retreat from the Western world and ends with the Norman takeover of England. Between these epochal events, many of the contours ... .... Learn More
  4. Celtic Curses

    Celtic Curses [Hardback]

    Bernard Mees (Author)

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    ISBN: 9781843834571
    Published by : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
    The first comprehensive study of early Celtic cursing, this work analyses both medieval and ancient expressions of Celtic imprecation: from the binding tablets of ancient Britain and Gaul to the saintly maledictions of the early medieval period... .... Learn More
  5. Medieval Liturgical Chant and Patristic Exegesis

    Medieval Liturgical Chant and Patristic Exegesis: Words and Music in the Second-Mode Tracts [Hardback]

    Emma Hornby (Author)

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    ISBN: 9781843834717
    Published by : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
    How do text and melody relate in western liturgical chant? Is the music simply an abstract vehicle for the text, or does it articulate textual structure and meaning? These questions are addressed here through a case study of the s... .... Learn More
  6. Adomnan and the Holy Places

    Adomnan and the Holy Places [Hardback]

    Thomas O'Loughlin (Author)

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    ISBN: 9780567031839
    Published by : Continuum International Pub.
    Adomnan, ninth abbot of Iona, wrote his book, On Holy Places (De Locis Sanctis), in the closing years of the seventh century. It is a detailed account of the sites mentioned in the Christian scriptures, the overall topography, and... .... Learn More
  7. Sacred Time in Early Christian Ireland

    Sacred Time in Early Christian Ireland [Hardback]

    Patricia M. Rumsey (Author)

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    ISBN: 9780567032058
    Published by : Continuum International Pub.
    Rumsey uses two case studies from early Christian Ireland, the Nauigatio sancti Brendani abbatis and the Rules of the Celi De to demonstrate two different ways of understanding sacred time. She shows that the author of the navigat... .... Learn More
  8. Aldhelm and Sherborne

    Aldhelm and Sherborne: Essays to Celebrate the Founding of the Bishopric [Paperback]

    Katherine Barker (Editor); Nicholas Brooks (Author)

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    ISBN: 9781842173572
    Published by : Oxbow Books
    This collection of papers follows on from a conference, held in Sherborne in June 2005, marking the thirteen-hundredth anniversary of the founding of the bishopric by Aldhelm of Malmesbury. This volume looks at the work of Aldhelm and the found... .... Learn More
  9. The Cult of Kingship in Anglo-Saxon England

    The Cult of Kingship in Anglo-Saxon England: The Transition from Paganism to Christianity [Hardback]

    William A. Chaney (Author)

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    ISBN: 9780719003721
    Published by : Manchester University Press
    A fundamental element of pagan Anglo-Saxon culture was sacral kingship, and in this study Chaney examines the continuity from paganism to Christianity as it relates to kingship and the religious nature that permeated the instituti... .... Learn More
  10. The Poetic Edda Volume 3

    The Poetic Edda Volume 3: Mythological Poems II [Hardback]

    Ursula Dronke (Editor)

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    ISBN: 9780198111825
    Published by : Oxford University Press
    This volume presents four of the most intricate and fascinating mythological poems of the Poetic Edda - Havamal, Hymiskvida, Grimnismal and Grottasongr. The texts are accompanied by a facing English translation, as well as extensi... .... Learn More

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