Textual And Material Culture In Anglo Saxon England

Author : D. G. Scragg
Publisher : DS Brewer
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 0859917738

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Textual and Material Culture in Anglo-Saxon England by D. G. Scragg Pdf

Significant Anglo-Saxon papers, with postscripts, illustrate advances in knowledge of life and culture of pre-Conquest England. Thomas Northcote Toller, of the Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, is one of the most influential but least known Anglo-Saxon scholars of the early twentieth century. The Centre for Anglo-Saxon Studies at Manchester, where Toller was the first professor of English Language, has an annual Toller lecture, delivered by an expert in the field of Anglo-Saxon Studies; this volume offers a selection from these lectures, brought together for the firsttime, and with supplementary material added by the authors to bring them up to date. They are complemented by the 2002 Toller Lecture, Peter Baker's study of Toller, commissioned specially for this book; and by new examinations ofToller's life and work, and his influence on the development of Old English lexicography. The volume is therefore both an epitome of the best scholarship in Anglo-Saxon studies of the last decade and a half, and a guide for the modern reader through the major advances in our knowledge of the life and culture of pre-Conquest England. , Contributors: RICHARD BAILEY, PETER BAKER, DABNEY ANDERSON BANKERT, JANET BATELY, GEORGE BROWN, ROBERTA FRANK, HELMUT GNEUSS, JOYCE HILL, DAVID A. HINTON, MICHAEL LAPIDGE, AUDREY MEANEY, KATHERINE O'BRIEN O'KEEFFE, JOANA PROUD, ALEXANDER RUMBLE.

Author : Maren Clegg Hyer,Della Hooke
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : History
ISBN : 9781786940285

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Water and the Environment in the Anglo-Saxon World by Maren Clegg Hyer,Della Hooke Pdf

"Similar in theme and method to the first and second volume, Water and the Environment in the Anglo-Saxon World, third volume of the series Daily Living in the Anglo-Saxon World, illuminates how an understanding of the impact of water features on the daily lives of the people and the environment of the Anglo-Saxon world can inform reading and scholarship of the period in significant ways... The volume's examination of the impact of water features on the daily lives of the people and the environment of the Anglo-Saxon world fosters an understanding not only of the archaeological and material circumstances of water and its uses, but also the imaginative waterscapes found in the textual records of the Anglo-Saxons."--Back cover.

Author : Charles Insley,Gale R. Owen-Crocker
Publisher : Oxbow Books Limited
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2017-03-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781785705007

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Transformation in Anglo-Saxon Culture by Charles Insley,Gale R. Owen-Crocker Pdf

The five authoritive papers presented here are the product of long careers of research into Anglo-Saxon culture. In detail the subject areas and approaches are very different, yet all are cross-disciplinary and the same texts and artefacts weave through several of them. Literary text is used to interpret both history and art; ecclesiastical-historical circumstances explain the adaptation of usage of a literary text; wealth and religious learning, combined with old and foreign artistic motifs are blended into the making of new books with multiple functions; religio-socio-economic circumstances are the background to changes in burial ritual. The common element is transformation, the Anglo-Saxon ability to rework older material for new times and the necessary adaptation to new circumstances. The papers originated as five recent Toller Memorial Lectures hosted by the Manchester Centre for Anglo-Saxon Studies (MANCASS).

Author : Carole Patricia Biggam
Publisher : Exeter Studies in Medieval Eur
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 0859898431

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The Material Culture of Daily Living in the Anglo-Saxon World by Carole Patricia Biggam Pdf

This illustrated book introduces serious 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 animals for clothing, meat, cheese and parchment; ships for travel, trade and transport; manufacturing processes of metalwork; textiles for dress and furnishing and the practicalities of living with illness or disability.\~Articles collected in this volume illuminate how an understanding of the material culture of the daily Anglo-Saxon world can inform reading and scholarship in Anglo-Saxon studies. Scholarly and practical material presented inform one another, making the book accessible to any reader seriously interested in England in the early Middle Ages.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2021-12-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004501904

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Transmissions and Translations in Medieval Literary and Material Culture by Anonim Pdf

This collection explores multiple artefactual, visual, textual and conceptual adaptations, developments and exchanges across the medieval world in the context of their contemporary and subsequent re-appropriations.

Author : Michael D. J. Bintley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Civilization, Anglo-Saxon
ISBN : 2503583857

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Settlements and Strongholds in Early Medieval England by Michael D. J. Bintley Pdf

Author : Gale Owen-Crocker
Publisher : Exeter Studies in Medieval Eur
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03
Category : History
ISBN : 1800349130

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The Material Culture of the Built Environment in the Anglo-Saxon World by Gale Owen-Crocker Pdf

This volume examines the common landmarks of the Anglo-Saxon world in order to assist serious students of the Anglo-Saxon period in both perceiving and understanding the imagery of material culture in the archaeology and textual materials of the period.

Author : Robert D. Fulk,Christopher M. Cain
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-06
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781118441121

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A History of Old English Literature by Robert D. Fulk,Christopher M. Cain Pdf

A HISTORY OF OLD ENGLISH LITERATURE A History of Old English Literature has been significantly revised to provide an unequivocal response to the renewed historicism in medieval studies. Focusing on the production and reception of Old English texts and on their relation to Anglo-Saxon history and culture, this new edition covers an exceptionally broad array of genres. These range from riddles and cryptograms to allegory, liturgical texts, and romance, as well as lyric poetry and heroic legend. The authors also integrate discussions of Anglo-Latin texts, crucial to understanding the development of Old English literature. This second edition incorporates extensive reference to scholarship that has evolved over the past decade, with new chapters on both Anglo-Saxon manuscripts and on incidental and marginal texts. There is expanded treatment throughout, including increased coverage of legal texts and scientific and scholastic texts. The book concludes with a retrospective outline of the reception of Anglo-Saxon literature and culture in subsequent periods.

Author : Kathryn Powell,D. G. Scragg
Publisher : DS Brewer
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0859917746

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Apocryphal Texts and Traditions in Anglo-Saxon England by Kathryn Powell,D. G. Scragg Pdf

Studies and editions of Anglo-Saxon apocryphal materials, filling a gap in literature available on the boundaries between apocryphal and orthodox in the period. Apocrypha and apocryphal traditions in Anglo-Saxon England have been often referred to but little studied. This collection fills a gap in the study of pre-Conquest England by considering what were the boundaries between apocryphaland orthodox in the period and what uses the Anglo-Saxons made of apocryphal materials. The contributors include some of the most well-known and respected scholars in the field. The introduction - written by Frederick M. Biggs, one of the principal editors of Sources of Anglo-Saxon Literary Culture - expertly situates the essays within the field of apocrypha studies. The essays themselves cover a broad range of topics: both vernacular and Latin texts, those available in Anglo-Saxon England and those actually written there, and the uses of apocrypha in art as well as literature. Additionally, the book includes a number of completely new editions of apocryphal texts which were previously unpublished or difficult to access. By presenting these new texts along with the accompanying range of essays, the collection aims to retrieve these apocryphal traditions from the margins of scholarship and restore tothem some of the importance they held for the Anglo-Saxons. Contributors: DANIEL ANLEZARK, FREDERICK M. BIGGS, ELIZABETH COATSWORTH, THOMAS N. HALL, JOYCE HILL, CATHERINE KARKOV, PATRIZIA LENDINARA, AIDEEN O'LEARY, CHARLES D. WRIGHT.

Author : Rebecca Stephenson,Jacqueline Fay,Renée R. Trilling
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781843846246

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Textual Identities in Early Medieval England by Rebecca Stephenson,Jacqueline Fay,Renée R. Trilling Pdf

New approaches to a range of Old English texts. Throughout her career, Professor Katherine O'Brien O'Keeffe has focused on the often-overlooked details of early medieval textual life, moving from the smallest punctum to a complete reframing of the humanities' biggest questions. In her hands, the traditional tools of medieval studies -- philology, paleography, and close reading - become a fulcrum to reveal the unspoken worldviews animating early medieval textual production. The essays collected here both honour and reflect her influence as a scholar and teacher. They cover Latin works, such as the writings of Prudentius and Bede, along with vernacular prose texts: the Pastoral Care, the OE Boethius, the law codes, the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, and Ælfric's Lives of Saints. The Old English poetic corpus is also considered, with a focus on less-studied works, including Genesis and Fortunes of Men. This diverse array of texts provides a foundation for the volume's analysis of agency, identity, and subjectivity in early medieval England; united in their methodology, the articles in this collection all question received wisdom and challenge critical consensus on key issues of humanistic inquiry, among them affect and embodied cognition, sovereignty and power, and community formation.

Author : Brandon Hawk
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2018-06-26
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781487516987

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Preaching Apocrypha in Anglo-Saxon England by Brandon Hawk Pdf

Preaching Apocrypha in Anglo-Saxon England is the first in-depth study of Christian apocrypha focusing specifically on the use of extra-biblical narratives in Old English sermons. The work contributes to our understanding of both the prevalence and importance of apocrypha in vernacular preaching, by assessing various preaching texts from Continental and Anglo-Saxon Latin homiliaries, as well as vernacular collections like the Vercelli Book, the Blickling Book, Ælfric’s Catholic Homilies, and other manuscripts from the tenth through twelfth centuries. Vernacular sermons were part of a media ecology that included Old English poetry, legal documents, liturgical materials, and visual arts. Situating Old English preaching within this network establishes the range of contexts, purposes, and uses of apocrypha for diverse groups in Anglo-Saxon society: cloistered religious, secular clergy, and laity, including both men and women. Apocryphal narratives did not merely survive on the margins of culture, but thrived at the heart of mainstream Anglo-Saxon Christianity.

Author : Malcolm Godden,Simon Keynes
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2010-11-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521194068

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Anglo-Saxon England: Volume 38 by Malcolm Godden,Simon Keynes Pdf

Anglo-Saxon England was the first publication to consistently embrace all the main aspects of study of Anglo-Saxon history and culture - linguistic, literary, textual, palaeographic, religious, intellectual, historical, archaeological and artistic - and which promotes the more unusual interests - in music or medicine or education, for example. Articles in volume 38 include: The Passio Andreae and The Dream of the Rood by Thomas D. Hill, Beowulf off the Map by Alfred Hiatt, Numerical Composition and Beowulf: A Re-consideration by Yvette Kisor, 'The Landed Endowment of the Anglo-Saxon Minster at Hanbury (Worcs.) by Steven Bassett, Scapegoating the Secular Clergy: The Hermeneutic Style as a Form of Monastic Self-Definition by Rebecca Stephenson, Understanding Numbers in MS London, British Library Harley by Daniel Anlezark, Tudor Antiquaries and the Vita 'dwardi Regis by Henry Summerso and Earl Godwine's Ship by Simon Keynes and Rosalind Love. A comprehensive bibliography concludes the volume, listing publications on Anglo-Saxon England during 2008.

Author : Gerald P. Dyson
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : History
ISBN : 9781783273669

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Priests and Their Books in Late Anglo-Saxon England by Gerald P. Dyson Pdf

Fresh perspectives on the English clergy, their books, and the wider Anglo-Saxon church.

Author : Jacqueline Stodnick,Renée Trilling
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2012-08-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781118328842

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A Handbook of Anglo-Saxon Studies by Jacqueline Stodnick,Renée Trilling Pdf

Reflecting the profound impact of critical theory on the study of the humanities, this collection of original essays examines the texts and artifacts of the Anglo-Saxon period through key theoretical terms such as ‘ethnicity’ and ‘gender’. Explores the interplay between critical theory and Anglo-Saxon studies Theoretical framework will appeal to specialist scholars as well as those new to the field Includes an afterword on the value of the dialogue between Anglo-Saxon studies and critical theory

Author : Gale R. Owen-Crocker,Brian W. Schneider
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 9781843838777

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Kingship, Legislation and Power in Anglo-Saxon England by Gale R. Owen-Crocker,Brian W. Schneider Pdf

The relationship between Anglo-Saxon kingship, law, and the functioning of power is explored via a number of different angles. The essays collected here focus on how Anglo-Saxon royal authority was expressed and disseminated, through laws, delegation, relationships between monarch and Church, and between monarchs at times of multiple kingships and changing power ratios. Specific topics include the importance of kings in consolidating the English "nation"; the development of witnesses as agents of the king's authority; the posthumous power of monarchs; how ceremonial occasions wereused for propaganda reinforcing heirarchic, but mutually beneficial, kingships; the implications of Ine's lawcode; and the language of legislation when English kings were ruling previously independent territories, and the delegation of local rule. The volume also includes a groundbreaking article by Simon Keynes on Anglo-Saxon charters, looking at the origins of written records, the issuing of royal diplomas and the process, circumstances, performance and function of production of records. GALE R. OWEN-CROCKER is Professor of Anglo-Saxon Culture at the University of Manchester. Contributors: Ann Williams, Alexander R. Rumble, Carole Hough, Andrew Rabin, Barbara Yorke, Ryan Lavelle, Alaric Trousdale