Archaeology
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Structuring Space: Oral Poetics and Architecture in Early Medieval England [Hardback]
Lori Ann Garner (Author)
£39.50ISBN: 9780268029807
Published by : University of Notre Dame Press
Through systematic exploration of the periods verbal and material culture as complementary art forms, Garner argues that in Anglo-Saxon England the arts of poetry and building emerged from the same cultural matrix. Not only did Anglo-Saxon buil... .... Learn More -
The Battle of Brunanburh: A Casebook [Paperback]
Michael Livingston (Author)
£25.00ISBN: 9780859898638
Published by : The Exeter Press
This casebook fills a major gap in our cultural knowledge of the Middle Ages. It gathers together for the first time the key historical and literary primary sources for the study of the Battle of Brunanburh (AD 937), a key moment in the histor... .... Learn More -
New Voices on Early Medieval Sculpture in Britain and Ireland [Paperback]
Michael F Reed (Author)
£28.00ISBN: 9781407308401
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Seven papers which aim to place early medieval insular sculpture more firmly in its social and cultural context, emphasising aspects of production and patronage, as well as the importance of monuments in the construction and maintenance of soc... .... Learn More -
Discovered in Time: Treasures from Early Wales [Paperback]
Mark Redknap (Author)
£14.99ISBN: 9780720006049
Published by : National Museums & Galleries
Following the success of the British Museum's History of the World in 1000 objects, this beautifully produced book seeks to tell the story of Wales in similar fashion, through 70 artefacts from the National Museum of Wales. Pieces range from th... .... Learn More -
Money and Power in Anglo-Saxon England: The Southern English Kingdoms, 757-865 [Hardback]
Rory Naismith (Author)
£60.00ISBN: 9781107006621
Published by : Cambridge University Press
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 histo... .... Learn More -
Anglo-Saxon England 39 [Hardback]
Malcolm Godden (Author);S Keynes (Author)
£90.00ISBN: 9780521895101
Published by : Cambridge University Press
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-Saxo... .... Learn More -
Woden's Warriors: Warfare, Beliefs, Arms & Armour in Northern Europe during the 6th and 7th Centuries [Hardback]
Paul Mortimer (Author)
£49.00ISBN: 9781898281603
Published by : Anglo-Saxon Books
In this large and beautifully illustrated book Paul Mortimer draws on the experiences of re-enactors and modern experimental reconstructions to provide a fresh look at the arms and armour, as well as the culture and beliefs of Anglo-Saxon warri... .... Learn More -
The Material Culture of Daily Living in the Anglo-Saxon World [Paperback]
Maren Clegg Hyer (Author); Gale R. Owen-Crocker (Author)
£25.00ISBN: 9780859898805
Published by : The Exeter Press
This book introduces students of Anglo-Saxon culture to selected aspects of the realities of Anglo-Saxon life through reference to artefacts and textual sources. Everyday practices and processes are investigated, such as the exploitation of an... .... Learn More -
Settling the Ebbsfleet Valley: CTRL Excavations at Springhead and Northfleet, Kent: The Late Iron Age, Roman, Saxon, and Medieval Landscape, Volume 4: Post-Roman Finds and Environmental Reports [Hardback]
Phil Andrews (Author); Lorraine Mepham (Author); Jörn Schuster (Author); Chris J. Stevens (Author)
£25.00ISBN: 9780954597061
Published by : Wessex Archaeology
The detailed specialist reports in this volume cover all the Saxon and later finds recovered during the reported excavations, including human bone and animal bone, and environmental remains and dating evidence relating to contemporary landscape... .... Learn More -
The Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Shrubland Hall Quarry, Coddenham, Suffolk [Paperback]
Kenneth Penn (Author)
£22.00ISBN: 9780956874702
Published by : East Anglian Archaeology
Series: East Anglian Archaeology Monograph
Volume: 139
The Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Shrubland Hall Quarry, Coddenham, was unknown until its discovery during investigation of an Iron Age site. The fifty Anglo-Saxon burials found were possibly the remains of a larger cemetery, extending an unknown dis... .... Learn More