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5 books match the query 'Civilization, Anglo-Saxon'
Caedmon's Hymn and Material Culture in the World of Bede
ALLEN J. FRANTZEN
West Virginia University Press, 2007
The essays in this book use the nine-line poem known as Cædmon’s Hymn as a lens on the world of Bede’s Ecclesiastical History. A cowherd who is given a divine gift, Cædmon retells the great narratives of Christian history in the traditional form of Anglo-Saxon verse. An immense amount has been written about this episode, much of it concentrating on the hymn’s significance in the history of English literature. Relatively little attention, however, has been paid to what the story of Cædmon and his hymn might tell us about the material, as well as the textual, culture of Bede’s world. The essays in this collection seek to connect Cædmon’s Hymn to Bede’s material world in various ways. Each chapter begins with the hymn and moves from the text to the worlds of scientific thought, settlements and social hierarchy, monastic reform, and ordinary things. The connections explored here are a sampling of the material concerns Cædmon’s Hymn raises.
England, Ireland, and the Insular World
Textual and Material Connections in the Early Middle AgesMary Clayton
Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2017
ISAS Dublin 2013. England, Ireland and the Insular World: Textual and Material Connections in the Early Middle Ages is a collection of twelve essays related to the theme of the 2013 conference of the International Society of Anglo-Saxonists, ‘Insular Cultures’. Contributors cover a broad range of topics, from early medieval agriculture in Ireland and England, to sculpture, manuscript illumination and script, homilies, hagiography, aristocratic gift-giving, relics, calendars, Beowulf, and Anglo-Saxon perceptions of the Celtic peoples, considering connections, parallels and differences between Anglo-Saxon England and its insular neighbors. The volume will be of interest to all those working on Early Medieval history, literature, archaeology, liturgy, art, and manuscripts.
Naked Before God
Uncovering the Body in Anglo-Saxon EnglandBENJAMIN C. WITHERS
West Virginia University Press, 2003
At different times and in different places, the human form has been regarded in different ways. The Ancient Greeks thought it was the most admirable subject for art, whereas early Christians often viewed it as lascivious in our post-lapsarian state. With illustrations taken from manuscripts, statuary and literary, this is a fascinating collection of essays with much that will be new to scholars and general readers alike.
The Daily Lives of the Anglo-Saxons
Carole Biggam
Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2017
Insights into the lives of any group of historical people are provided by three main types of evidence: their language, their literature and their material culture. The contributors to this volume draw on all three types of evidence in order to present new research into the lives of the Anglo-Saxons. The particular focus is on daily life – the ordinary rather than the extraordinary, the normal rather than the exceptional. Rather than attempting an overview, the essays address individual scenarios in greater depth, but with an emphasis on shared experience.
The following scholars have contributed essays to this collection:
Martha Bayless
University of Oregon
Carole P. Biggam
University of Glasgow
Paul Cavill
University of Nottingham
Amy W. Clark
University of California, Berkeley
James Graham-Campbell
University College London
Antonina Harbus
Macquarie University, Sydney
Carole Hough
University of Glasgow
Daria Izdebska
Liverpool Hope University
Karen Louise Jolly
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
Alexandra Lester-Makin
University of Manchester
Elisabeth Okasha
University College, Cork
Phyllis Portnoy
University of Manitoba
Jane Roberts
University of London
The Maritime World of the Anglo-Saxons
Stacy S. Klein
Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2014