Archaeology

ISBN: 9781407307510
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
20 essays, predominantly focusing on the archaeology of the fifth to seventh centuries in southern England. Papers publish new discoveries, and both funerary and non-funerary deposits are analysed to explore themes of identity, gender, and cros... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780714128252
Published by : British Museum Press
A slim souvenir style book, packed full of beautiful pictures of the famous artefacts discovered at Sutton Hoo. The text looks at the history of archaeology at the site, the context of the burial and at what the various finds can tell us about ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780859898430
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

ISBN: 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

ISBN: 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

ISBN: 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

ISBN: 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

ISBN: 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

ISBN: 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