Anglo-Saxon England: Volume 49

Contributions to the forty-ninth volume of Anglo-Saxon England focus on various aspects of Anglo-Saxon culture and history across a period from the sixth to the thirteenth century, from Anglo-Saxon wedding rites in be wifmannes beweddunge to isotopic evidence of elite diets and a reassessment of feorm. Each article is preceded by a short abstract.

List of contents

List of illustrations; List of abbreviations; 1. Record of the nineteenth conference of the International Society of Anglo-Saxonists at the University of New Mexico, 29 July-2 August 2019 Timothy Graham; 2. Bede, bishops and Bisi of East Anglia: questions of chronology and Episcopal consecration in the Historia Ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum Calum Platts; 3. A further fragment of the abridged version of Cassiodorus's Commentary on the Psalms Helen Imhoff; 4. Be wifmannes beweddunge: betrothals and weddings in Anglo-Saxon England Samuel Cardwell; 5. Food and power in early Medieval England: rethinking Feorm Tom Lambert and Sam Leggett; 6. Food and power in early Medieval England: a lack of (isotopic) enrichment Sam Leggett and Tom Lambert; 7. The limits of Bookland John Blair; 8. Slave resistance in early Medieval England Janel M. Fontaine.

Summary

Contributions to the forty-ninth volume of Anglo-Saxon England focus on various aspects of Anglo-Saxon culture and history across a period from the sixth to the thirteenth century, from Anglo-Saxon wedding rites in be wifmannes beweddunge to isotopic evidence of elite diets and a reassessment of feorm. Each article is preceded by a short abstract.

Product details

• Authors: Rosalind (University of Cambridge) Keynes Love
• Assisted by: Simon Keynes (Editor), Simon (University of Cambridge) Keynes (Editor), Keynes Simon (Editor), Rosalind Love (Editor), Rosalind (University of Cambridge) Love (Editor), Love Rosalind (Editor), Rory Naismith (Editor), Rory (University of Cambridge) Naismith (Editor), Naismith Rory (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2023
• EAN: 9781009408899
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0940889-9
• No. of pages: 280
• Series: Anglo-Saxon England
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; European History, Christianity, Medieval History, Legal History, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, European history: medieval period, middle ages, Writings of the Early Church Fathers