Search results for 'Anglo-saxon'

ISBN: 9781843832836
Published by : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
This first full-length study of the Anglo-Saxon episcopate explores the activities of the bishops in a variety of arenas, from the pastoral and liturgical to the political, social, legal and economic, so tracing the development of a particularl... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780199230983
Published by : Oxford University Press
This book looks at the extraordinary career of Earl Leofwine and his descendants who held the earldom consistently from 994 down to 1071. Extraordinary, because this was a time of dynastic and political turmoil with constant changes in the pers... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781843833628
Published by : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
The Anglo-Saxon button brooch is a small disc brooch, about 2cm in diameter and decorated with a single human face mask, found mainly in southern England and occasionally in France; although many examples survive, its origins and development ar... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9789004158290
Published by : Brill Academic Publishers
Recent scholarship on the Anglo-Saxon prognostics has tried to place these texts within the realm of folklore and medicine, inspired largely by studies and editions from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. By analysing prognostic mate... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780197264256
Published by : Oxford University Press
The latest volume in the acclaimed Corpus series completes the cataloguing of the stone sculptures of Yorkshire, and boosts our understanding of the artistic development of southern Northumbria in the pre-Viking and Anglo-Scandinavian periods. ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781902771717
Published by : Council for British Archaeology
The Cleatham cemetery in North Lincolnshire is, with over 1200 cremations and 62 burials, England's third largest Anglo-Saxon cemetery. It was in use throughout the early Anglo-Saxon period from the mid-5th century to the late 7th century. Foll... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781407301181
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
The idea of organised mass travel is one that does not really come about until the High Middle Ages, and this study looks at the mechanics of travel before then. It asks questions such as who travelled and why and examines the principle routes ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780712306805
Published by : British Library
This book collects a stunning series of photographs of Anglo-Saxon manuscripts, which together form an excellent introduction to the world of the Anglo-Saxons. Alongside the more obvious inclusions, such as the Lindisfarne Gospels and the Book ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781407301440
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This study uses sociological theories of personal memory to show how Anglo-Saxon burial practices enabled the grieving process, and ensured the remembrance of the dead. The study re-examines both funerary ritual and the monuments and topology ... .... Learn More