Anglo-Saxon England: Volume 11 (Anglo-Saxon England, Series Number 11) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 052124918X ISBN 13: 9780521249188

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1983

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.

About this title

Book Description:

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.

About the Author:

Malcolm Godden is Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at the University of Oxford.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1983
• ISBN 10: 052124918X
• ISBN 13: 9780521249188
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 352
• Editor: Clemoes Peter