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

Maren Clegg Hyer|Gale R. Owen-Crocker

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0859898806 ISBN 13: 9780859898805

Publisher: Liverpool University Press, 2013

Synopsis

The Material Culture of Daily Living in the Anglo-Saxon World A collection which introduces serious students of Anglo-Saxon culture to the realities of everyday Anglo-Saxon life through reference to artefacts and textual sources. Full description

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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 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).

About this edition

• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0859898806
• ISBN 13: 9780859898805
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 398