History

ISBN: 9780521713238
Published by : Cambridge University Press
The years between 900 and 1200 saw transformative social change in Europe, including the creation of extensive town-dwelling populations and the proliferation of feudalised elites and bureaucratic monarchies. In England these developments were ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781442642171
Published by : University of Toronto Press
Old English verse and prose depict the human mind as a corporeal entity located in the chest cavity, susceptible to spatial and thermal changes corresponding to the psychological states: it was thought that emotions such as rage, grief, and ye... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781445602073
Published by : Amberley Publishing
This is a reign by reign history of Anglo-Saxon England, which takes in all of the various kingdoms which emerged after the end of Roman rule. This sort of approach could easily prove disastrous, given the scant and unreliable nature of our sou... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781903153376
Published by : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Around 75 wills survive from Anglo-Saxon England or in post-conquest sources; Linda Tollerton here provides a comprehensive study focusing in particular on social aspects. After surveying the extant corpus and the circumstances of its transmis... .... 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: 9781843842736
Published by : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
The Old English version of Bede's Historia ecclesiastica gentis anglorum is one of the earliest and most substantial surviving works of Old English prose. Translated anonymously around the end of the ninth or beginning of the tenth century, th... .... 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