Anglo-Saxon England. Volume 32.

Lapidge, Michael, Malcolm Godden and Simon Keynes:

ISBN 10: 0521813441 / ISBN 13: 9780521813440

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2003

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Series: Anglo-Saxon England x 406p hardback, brown cloth with gilt crest and yellow jacket, very good condition, little to no wear, binding firm, one ink stamp to copyright page, otherwise all pages appear to be clean and bright like new, an excellent copy of a hard-to-find volume; includes articles on Beowulf, late Saxon pendants, and depictions of damnation in late Anglo-Saxon manuscripts Language: English.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Anglo-Saxon England. Volume 32.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521813441
• ISBN 13: 9780521813440
• Binding: Hardback
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • United Kingdom

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Synopsis

Throughout the centuries of its existence, Anglo-Saxon society was highly, if not widely, literate: it was a society the functioning of which depended very largely on the written word. All the essays in this volume throw light on the literacy of Anglo-Saxon England, from the writs which were used as the instruments of government from the eleventh century onwards, to the normative texts which regulated the lives of Benedictine monks and nuns, to the runes stamped on an Anglo-Saxon coin, to the pseudorunes which deliver the coded message of a man to his lover in a well-known Old English poem, to the mysterious writing on an amulet which was apparently worn by a religious for a personal protection from the devil. The usual comprehensive bibliography of the previous year's publications in all branches of Anglo-Saxon studies rounds off the book.

Book Description

This volume throws light on the literacy of Anglo-Saxon England, from the writs which were used as the instruments of government from the eleventh century onwards, to the normative texts, to the runes stamped on an Anglo-Saxon coin, to the pseudorunes which deliver the coded message of a man to his lover in a well-known Old English poem.