The Material Culture of Daily Living in the Anglo-Saxon World (Exeter Studies in Medieval Europe) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0859898431 ISBN 13: 9780859898430

Publisher: Liverpool University Press, 2011

Synopsis

This illustrated book introduces serious students of Anglo-Saxon culture to selected aspects of the realities of Anglo-Saxon life through reference to artefacts and textual sources. Everyday practices and processes are investigated, such as the exploitation of animals for clothing, meat, cheese and parchment; ships for travel, trade and transport; manufacturing processes of metalwork; textiles for dress and furnishing and the practicalities of living with illness or disability.\~Articles collected in this volume illuminate how an understanding of the material culture of the daily Anglo-Saxon world can inform reading and scholarship in Anglo-Saxon studies. Scholarly and practical material presented inform one another, making the book accessible to any reader seriously interested in England in the early Middle Ages.

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About the Author

Maren Clegg Hyer is Associate Professor of English at Valdosta State University (Georgia), and specialises in researching material culture, including textiles and textile imagery, in Anglo-Saxon England. Gale R. Owen-Crocker is Professor of Anglo-Saxon Culture at the University of Manchester. She is editor of 'Working with Anglo- Saxon Manuscripts' (University of Exeter Press, 2009).

Review

"This volume provides a helpful, clear, and practical overview of the key sites and objects in the Anglo-Saxon repertoire. It will be a valuable introductory textbook to the ways in which a knowledge of the physical evidence can enhance literary and historical readings of the period."--The Medieval Review

The Material Culture of Daily Living in the Anglo-Saxon World is a valuable work of reference that could serve as a springboard for Anglo-Saxonists into further research."--English Studies

About this edition

• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0859898431
• ISBN 13: 9780859898430
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 398
• Editor: Clegg Hyer Maren, Owen-Crocker Gale R.