| Anglo-Saxon England Contributor(s): Love, Rosalind (Editor), Keynes, Simon (Editor), Orchard, Andy (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1108419259 ISBN-13: 9781108419253 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $119.70 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Great Britain - General |
| Series: Anglo-Saxon England |
| Physical Information: 1.02" H x 6.45" W x 9.47" (1.81 lbs) 350 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The forty-fifth volume of Anglo-Saxon England focusses on various aspects of Anglo-Saxon culture and history from the seventh to the seventeenth century. In the field of Old English literature, contributions examine a ninth-century homily fragment, The Dream of the Rood, The Seafarer, and the Old English translation of Boethius' De Consolatione Philosophiae. A contribution which explores references to the senses in a wide range of vernacular texts is complemented by another which reconsiders the iconography of the Fuller Brooch. The network of fortifications recorded in the Burghal Hidage is re-interpreted here as a product of political developments in the later 870s; and a new edition of the 'Ely memoranda' reminds us that the religious houses of the tenth and eleventh centuries functioned also as major agricultural estates. Finally, the contribution of seventeenth-century antiquaries to the development of Anglo-Saxon studies is remembered in a study of an early Anglo-Saxon Grammar. |