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Informationen zum Autor Hector Munro Chadwick (1870-1947) was professor of Anglo-Saxon at the University of Cambridge and a pioneer in integrating the study of Old English with archaeology and history. Klappentext This 1950 book, produced as a memorial for Cambridge historian H. M. Chadwick, contains contributions on aspects of early culture in Northwestern Europe. Zusammenfassung This 1950 book! produced as a memorial for Cambridge historian H. M. Chadwick! contains numerous contributions on various aspects of early culture in Northwestern Europe. The contributions discuss Anglo-Saxon! Norse and Celtic history! together with archaeological discoveries. Illustrative figures are also included throughout. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations; Editor's note; Acknowledgements; Biographical note; List of publications; Part I. Archaeological: 1. The long barrow in Western Europe G. E. Daniel; 2. The Cotswold megalithic culture: the grave goods and their background Elsie M. Clifford; 3. The Beaker period in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire North-of-the-Sands Clare I. Fell; 4. Burial ritual and custom in the Bronze Age: illustrated by recent excavations in south Wales Sir Cyril Fox; 5. The British Isles and the beginning of the northern early Bronze Age J. M. de Navarro; 6. Significant objects at Sutton Hoo D. Elizabeth Martin-Clarke; 7. Gods and heroes in stone H. R. Ellis Davidson; 8. The Norse heritage in the Isle of Man Basil R. S. Megaw and Eleanor M. Megaw; Part II. Celtic: 9. The Celtic settlement of Ireland T. G. E. Powell; 10. Notes on the Ogam inscriptions of southern Britain Kenneth Jackson; 11. Cantre'r Gwaelod and Ker-Is Rachel Bromwich; Part III. Anglo-Saxon: 12. The Moore Memoranda on Northumbrian history Peter Hunter Blair; 13. The interpretation of The Seafarer Dorothy Whitelock; 14. Glaed waes ic gliwum: ungloomy aspects of Anglo-Saxon poetry Jean I. Young; 15. Who was the translator of the prose portion of the Paris pasalter? J. I'a Bromwich; 16. The post-Bedan miracles and translations of St Cuthbert Bertram Colgrave; 17. Chipping and market: a lexicographical investigation Florence E. Harmer; 18. The beheaded manumission in the Exeter book Bruce Dickens; 19. Sir Edward Dering: a seventeenth-century antiquary and his 'Saxon' charters C. E. Wright; Part IV. Early Norse: 20. Porgerðr Hölgabrúðr and the trolla ping: a note on sources Nora K. Chadwick; 21. Old Norse jarðarmen G. N. Garmonsway; Part V. Place-Names: 22. Fenland place-names O. K. Schram....
