Anglo-Saxon England
Anglo-Saxon England
Simon Keynes, University of Cambridge
Andy Orchard, University of Oxford
$134.00
USDThe 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.
- A collection of original research covering various aspects of Anglo-Saxon culture and history, from the seventh to the seventeenth century
- This volume covers a broad range of topics, from the recently discovered 'Trumpington Cross' to an early Anglo-Saxon Grammar, published in the seventeenth century
- Also included is a record of the Seventeenth Conference of the International Society of Anglo-Saxonists, held in 2015
Product details
November 2017Hardback
9781108419253
350 pages
234 × 150 × 24 mm
0.83kg
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Table of Contents
- Record of the seventeenth conference of the International Society of Anglo-Saxonists, at the University of Glasgow, 3–7 August 2015 Martin Foys and Susan Irvine
- 1. The Trumpington Cross in context Sam Lucy
- 2. A ninth-century Old English homily from Northumbria Donald Scragg
- 3. The composite authorship of The Dream of the Rood Leonard Neidorf
- 4. Re-dating Alcuin's De dialectica: or, did Alcuin teach at Lorsch? Eva M. E. Rädler-Bohn
- 5. Hands and eyes, sight and touch: appraising the senses in Anglo-Saxon England Katherine O'Brien O'Keeffe
- 6. The Burghal Hidage and the West Saxon burhs: a reappraisal Jeremy Haslam
- 7. The Fuller Brooch and Anglo-Saxon depictions of dance Martha Bayless
- 8. Hybrid forms: translating Boethius in Anglo-Saxon England Erica Weaver
- 9. The Seafarer, Grammatica, and the making of Anglo-Saxon textual culture Audrey Walton
- 10. Liturgy or private devotion? Reappraising Warsaw, Biblioteka Narodowa, I. 3311 Gerald P. Dyson
- 11. Landscapes of devotion: the settings of St Swithun's early Vitae Jennifer A. Lorden
- 12. Aristocratic deer hunting in late Anglo-Saxon England: a reconsideration, based upon the Vita S. Dvnstani Tim Flight
- 13. The Ely memoranda and the economy of the late Anglo-Saxon fenland Rory Naismith
- 14. The earliest modern Anglo-Saxon grammar: Sir Henry Spelman, Abraham Wheelock and William Retchford Peter J. Lucas.
