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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 2. Pap. Minor shelf-wear to wraps, else a bright, clean copy. This is one of the very few texts which let us see how life was really lived in monasteries in the early Middle Ages. Written in Old English and preserved in a manuscript of the mid-eleventh century, it consists of 127 signs used by Anglo-Saxon monks during times when the Benedictine Rule forbade them to speak. These indicate the food the monks ate, the clothes they wore, and the books they used in church and chapter, as well as the tools they used in their daily life, and persons they might meet both in the monastery and outside. The text is printed here with a parallel translation. The introduction gives a summary of the background, both historical and textual, as well as a brief look at the later evidence for monastic sign language in England. Extensive notes provide details of textual relationships, explore problems of interpretation, and set out the historical implications of the text.
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Monasteriales Indicia: Anglo-Saxon Monastic Sign-language This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .
Language: English
Published by Oxford University Press, 2020
ISBN 10: 0198855508 ISBN 13: 9780198855507
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Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. Softcover. English. Pub Year 1991, See images for condition. About the book >.>.> Monasteriales Indicia is a significant text that offers a rare glimpse into the daily life of monks during the early Middle Ages. Written in Old English and preserved within a mid-eleventh-century manuscript, this work comprises 127 symbols employed by Anglo-Saxon monks in accordance with the Benedictine Rule, which prohibited verbal communication. These signs illustrate various aspects of monastic life, including the food consumed, the clothing worn, the ecclesiastical texts read during services, the tools used in daily activities, and the individuals monks encountered both within and outside the monastery. Consequently, this text provides an intriguing insight into the experiences and circumstances of monastic life nearly a thousand years ago.Accompanied by a parallel translation, Monasteriales Indicia is accessible to non-specialists, allowing them to engage with the material and form their own conclusions. The introduction offers a concise overview of the text?s historical and contextual background, along with a consideration of later evidence pertaining to monastic sign language in England. Detailed notes enhance the reading experience by addressing textual relationships, interpreting challenges, and discussing the historical implications of the signs presented.Through its unique content and approach, Monasteriales Indicia serves not only as a scholarly resource but also as a bridge connecting contemporary readers with the lives of monks from a bygone era. This work is a valuable addition for those interested in the intricacies of monastic culture and the evolution of communication within such communities. (LL).
Language: English
Published by Oxford University Press, GB, 2020
ISBN 10: 0198855508 ISBN 13: 9780198855507
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Paperback. Condition: New. Anglo-Saxon farming made England so wealthy by the eleventh century that it attracted two full-scale invasions. In Anglo-Saxon Farms and Farming, Debby Banham and Rosamond Faith explore how Anglo-Saxon farmers produced the food and other crops and animal products that sustained England's economy, society, and culture before the Norman Conquest.The volume is made up of two complementary sections: the first examines written and pictorial sources, archaeological evidence, place-names, and the history of the English language to discover what kind of crops and livestock people raised, and what tools and techniques they used in producing them. The second part assembles a series of local landscape studies to explore how these techniques were combined into working agricultural regimes in different environments. These perspectives allow the authors to take new approaches to the chronology and development of open-field farming, to the changing relationship between livestock husbandry and arable cultivation, and to the values and social relationships which under-pinned rural life. The elite are not ignored, but peasant famers are represented as agents, making decisions about the way they managed their resources and working lives.A picture emerges of an agriculture that changed from an essentially prehistoric state in the sub-Roman period to what was, by the time of the Conquest, recognizably the beginning of a tradition that only ended in the modern period. Anglo-Saxon farming was not only sustainable, but infinitely adaptable to different soils and geology, and to a climate changing as unpredictably as it is today.
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Published by Oxford University Press, 2020
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Published by Oxford University Press, 2020
ISBN 10: 0198855508 ISBN 13: 9780198855507
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2010 Boydell Press hardcover edition. Light reading wear else very good condition. Chapter 1: The Landscape Archaeology of Anglo-Saxon England: An Introduction (Nick Higham) Chapter 2: Barriers to Knowledge: Coppicing and Landscape Usage in the Anglo-Saxon Economy (Christopher Grocock) Chapter 3: Landscape Change during the 'Long Eighth Century' in Southern England (Stephen Rippon) Chapter 4: Population Ecology and Multiple Estate Formation: the Evidence from Eastern Kent (Stuart Brookes) Chapter 5: Exploring Black Holes: Recent Investigations in Currently Occupied Rural Settlements in Eastern England (Carenza Lewis) Chapter 6: Medieval Field Systems and Settlement Nucleation: Common or Separate Origins? (Susan Oosthuizen) Chapter 7: The Environmental Contexts of Anglo-Saxon Settlement (Tom Williamson) Chapter 8: Calendar Illustration in Anglo-Saxon England: Realities and Fictions of the Anglo-Saxon Landscape (Catherine E. Karkov) Chapter 9: The Anglo-Saxon Plough: A Detail of the Wheels (David Hill) Chapter 10: 'In the Sweat of thy Brow Shalt thou eat Bread': Cereals and Cereal Production in the Anglo-Saxon Landscape (Debby Banham) Chapter 11: The Early Christian Landscape of East Anglia (Richard Hoggett) Chapter 12: The Landscape and Economy of the Anglo-Saxon Coast: New Archaeological Evidence (Peter Murphy).
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