Anglo-Saxons; studies Presented to Cyril Roy Hart

Keynes, Simon and Alfred P. Smyth, Eds

ISBN 10: 1851829326 / ISBN 13: 9781851829323

Published by Four Courts Press, Dublin and Portland, 2006

317p., b/w front. port., dj, signed presentation of one of the contributors. Contains 17 papers by various scholars, plus a bibliography of the honoree. Seller Inventory # 048752

Synopsis:

The contributors to this book include such masters of their disciplines as Janet Bately, the authority on the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and Old English Literature, and Peter Sawyer, the doyen of Early Medieval Scandinavian Studies, together with a whole sluagh of experts including Audrey Meaney, Janet Nelson, Paul Szarmach and Ann Williams. Anglo-Saxon studies generate their fair share of healthy argument and controversy. This volume provides the latest thinking of established scholars from every area of Anglo-Saxon Studies. Anglo-Saxon literature is dealt with in relation to the OldÃ?Â?Ã?Â?English Bede and Ohthere's Report to King Alfred. Ecclesiastical matters are covered in papers on the archbishops of Canterbury, and on Wulfstan of Worcester, as well as in several individual studies of minsters and abbeys. Legal issues are examined in relation to crime and to pagan practices. The Tribal Hidage and Offa's Dyke are dealt with for the early historical period while for the tenth and eleventh centuries, medical texts, land tenure; the role of women, and monetary matters are all covered. The post-Conquest period is represented by studies on the Bayeux Tapestry, Ramsey Abbey and other Fenland monasteries.

Synopsis: Historians from across England honor Hart, a practicing physician who in his spare time has contributed widely to the history of the Anglo-Saxon period. The 17 essays include discussions of the queen in ninth-century Wessex, fragmented manors and the customs of the Anglo-Saxons, monetary circulation in the Danelaw 973-1083, new medical texts and id

Bibliographic Details

Title: Anglo-Saxons; studies Presented to Cyril Roy...
Publisher: Four Courts Press, Dublin and Portland
Publication Date: 2006
Binding: Hardcover
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Signed: Signed by Author(s)