Anglo-Saxon & Viking
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Gildas and the Scriptures: Observing the World through a Biblical Lens [Paperback]
Thomas O'Loughlin (Author)
£80.00ISBN: 9782503534367
Published by : Brepols
Gildas is the earliest insular writer who has left us a substantial legacy of theological writing. He is usually, however, not seen as a theological writer but as an historical source for ‘dark age’ Britain at the time... .... Learn More -
Liturgy, Architecture and Sacred Places in Anglo-Saxon England [Hardback]
Helen Gittos (Author)
£65.00ISBN: 9780199270903
Published by : Oxford University Press
Church rituals were a familiar feature of life throughout much of the Anglo-Saxon period. In this innovative study, Helen Gittos examines ceremonies for the consecration of churches and cemete... .... Learn More -
Gods and Settlers: The Iconography of Norse Mythology in Anglo-Scandinavian Sculpture [Hardback]
Lilla Kopar (Author)
£80.00ISBN: 9782503528540
Published by : Brepols
Stone sculpture constitutes the richest surviving corpus of Viking-Age artefacts from the British Isles. Gods and Settlers is an interdisciplinary study that brings together iconography, literature, history, and religious studies ... .... Learn More -
The Cambridge History of Early Medieval English Literature [Hardback]
Clare Lees (Editor)
£100.00ISBN: 9780521190589
Published by : Cambridge University Press
Informed by multi-cultural, multidisciplinary perspectives, The Cambridge History of Early Medieval English Literature offers a new exploration of the earliest writing in Britain and Ireland, from the end of the Roman Empire to th... .... Learn More -
Sense of Place in Anglo-Saxon England [Hardback]
Richard Jones (Editor); Sarah Semple (Editor)
£35.00ISBN: 9781907730177
Published by : Paul Watkins
The papers in this volume explore the ways in which sense of place were forged in the Anglo-Saxon period, with perspectives taken from place-name scholars, historical geographers, archaeologists and historians. Place-names lie at ... .... Learn More -
Wales and the Britons, 350-1064 [Hardback]
T.M. Charles-Edwards (Author)
£95.00ISBN: 9780198217312
Published by : Oxford University Press
This, the first volume in the History of Wales, provides a de... .... Learn More -
South Wales from the Romans to the Normans [Paperback]
Jeremy K. Knight (Author)
£19.99ISBN: 9781445604473
Published by : Amberley Publishing
Taking one small region as his focus Jeremy Knight traces the changes which took place from the later Roman Empire to the effects of the Norman Conquest. He surveys the principle sites of the region, analysing the transformation o... .... Learn More -
Anglo-Saxon Art: A New History [Paperback]
Leslie Webster (Author)
£18.99ISBN: 9780714128092
Published by : British Museum Company Ltd
This book, the first new introduction to the subject for 25 years, draws on the most up-to-date research and discoveries to explore the character, themes, motifs and styles of Anglo-Saxon art. It traces the changing nature of that art, the diff... .... Learn More -
Old English Literature and the Old Testament [Hardback]
Michael Fox (Author); Manish Sharma (Author)
£55.99ISBN: 9780802098542
Published by : University of Toronto Press
It would be difficult to overestimate the importance of the Bible in the medieval world. For the Anglo-Saxons, literary culture emerged from sustained and intensive biblical study. Further, at least to judge from the Old English texts which su... .... Learn More -
The Conversion of Scandinavia: Vikings, Merchants and Mercenaries in the Remaking of Northern Europe [Hardback]
Anders Winroth (Author)
£30.00ISBN: 9780300170269
Published by : Yale University Press
Anders Winroth argues for a radically new interpretation of the conversion of Scandinavia from paganism to Christianity in the early Middle Ages. Overturning the received narrative of Europe's military and religious conquest and colonization of... .... Learn More