ANGLO-SAXON ENGLAND by Peter Clemoes (Editor) ( 9780521038331 )

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ANGLO-SAXON ENGLAND

By:

Peter Clemoes (Editor)

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0521038332

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Publisher:

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

11 October, 2007

Series:

Anglo-Saxon England No. 11

Pages:

360

Description:

Several unusual fields of study are extensively explored including a distinctive politico-religious cult, penitentials, inscriptions, the Sutton Hoo whetstone and medical knowledge.

Synopsis:

Several unusual fields of study are extensively explored in this volume: a distinctive politico-religious cult, penitentials, inscriptions, the Sutton Hoo whetstone and medical knowledge; while treatments of more 'standard' subjects like late Anglo-Saxon law, King Alfred's Boethius and Beowulf, lead to unusual conclusions. A phenomenon special to Anglo-Saxon England is given a full and separate treatment in a careful and imaginative analysis of the ecclesiastical and political significance of the cults of murdered royal saints. Elizabeth Okasha's Hand-List which has been indispensable to any work on Anglo-Saxon non-runic inscriptions for some time has been refreshed by the description and illustration of twenty-six additional items and by other addenda and corrigenda. The usual comprehensive bibliography of the previous year's publications in all branches of Anglo-Saxon studies rounds off the book.

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