| The Material Culture of Daily Living in the Anglo-Saxon World Contributor(s): Clegg Hyer, Maren (Editor), Owen-Crocker, Gale R. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0859898806 ISBN-13: 9780859898805 Publisher: Liverpool University Press OUR PRICE: $59.39 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Archaeology - History | Europe - Medieval |
| Dewey: 942.01 |
| LCCN: 2013387251 |
| Series: Exeter Studies in Medieval Europe: History, Society and the Arts |
| Physical Information: 0.96" H x 6.87" W x 9.7" (1.75 lbs) 398 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |