Anglo-Saxon England

Klappentext This volume tackles a number of challenging questions on Anglo-Saxon history and culture. Zusammenfassung This volume tackles a number of challenging questions while also offering a publication of findings concerning a striking sculptured stone unearthed at Repton and an interpretation of a panel on the Ruthwell Cross! two source studies of vernacular prose! a demonstration of Aldhelm's interest in how a name is related to its referent! and a searching enquiry into early Anglo-Saxon kingship. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations; 1. The kingdom of the East Saxons Barbara Yorke; 2. Aldhelm's Enigmata and Isidorian etymology Nicholas Howe; 3. The text of Aldhelm's Fnigma no. c in Oxford, Bodleian Library, Rawlinson C. 697, and Exeter Riddle 40 Katherine O'Brien O'Keeffe; 4. Evidence for primacy of alliteration in Old English metre David L. Hoover; 5. The Aviones and Widsith 26a Alan Bliss; 6. The use of patristic homilies in the Old English Martyrology J. E. Cross; 7. The 'Sunday Letter' and the 'Sunday Lists' Clare A. Lees; 8. The glossed manuscript: classbook or library book? Gernot R. Wieland; 9. Disputes about bocland: the forum for their adjudication A. G. Kennedy; 10. Edgar the Ætheling: Anglo-Saxon prince, rebel and crusader Nicholas Hooper; 11. The Christ and the beasts panel on the Ruthwell Cross Kristine Edmondson Haney; 12. The Repton Stone Martin Biddle and Birthe Kjølbye-Biddle; 13. Anglo-Saxon Architecture and Anglo-Saxon studies: a review Martin Biddle, Rosemary Cramp, Milton McC. Gatch, Simon Keynes and Birthe Kjølbye-Biddle; 14. Bibliography for 1984 Carl T. Berkhout, Martin Biddle, Mark Blackburn, C. R. E. Coutts, David N. Dumville, Sarah Foot and Simon Keynes.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Peter Clemoes, Peter (University of Cambridge) Keynes Clemoes, Peter Keynes Clemoes
• Collaboration: Peter Clemoes (Editeur), Clemoes Peter (Editeur), Simon Keynes (Editeur), Keynes Simon (Editeur), Michael Lapidge (Editeur)
• Edition: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 11.10.2007
• EAN: 9780521038386
• ISBN: 978-0-521-03838-6
• Pages: 392
• Thèmes: Anglo-Saxon England; Anglo-Saxon England; Anglo-Saxon England 34 Volume Paperback Set
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire; England, European History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, CE period up to c 1500, Medieval History, British & Irish history, Archaeology, Literature: history & criticism, History and Archaeology, European history: medieval period, middle ages, Literature: history and criticism, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE