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Dying and Death in Later Anglo-Saxon England
Victoria Thompson
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Paperback. Study of late Anglo-Saxon texts and grave monuments illuminates contemporary attitudes towards dying and the dead. Series: Anglo-Saxon Studies. Num Pages: 246 pages, 8, 3 black and white, 5 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3F; HBJD1; HBLC1; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 384. Series: Anglo-Saxon Studies. 246 pages, 8, 3 black and white, 5 line drawing. Study of late Anglo-Saxon texts and grave monuments illuminates contemporary attitudes towards dying and the dead. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3F; HBJD1; HBLC1; JHBZ. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 15. Weight: 422.
Pre-Conquest attitudes towards the dying and the dead have major implications for every aspect of culture, society and religion of the Anglo-Saxon period; but death-bed and funerary practices have been comparatively and unjustly neglected by historical scholarship. In her wide-ranging analysis, Dr Thompson examines such practices in the context of confessional and penitential literature, wills, poetry, chronicles and homilies, to show that complex and ambiguous ideas about death were current at all levels of Anglo-Saxon society. Her study also takes in grave monuments, showing in particular how the Anglo-Scandinavian sculpture of the ninth to the eleventh centuries may indicate not ... Read more
Pre-Conquest attitudes towards the dying and the dead have major implications for every aspect of culture, society and religion of the Anglo-Saxon period; but death-bed and funerary practices have been comparatively and unjustly neglected by historical scholarship. In her wide-ranging analysis, Dr Thompson examines such practices in the context of confessional and penitential literature, wills, poetry, chronicles and homilies, to show that complex and ambiguous ideas about death were current at all levels of Anglo-Saxon society. Her study also takes in grave monuments, showing in particular how the Anglo-Scandinavian sculpture of the ninth to the eleventh centuries may indicate not ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Number of pages
246
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
246
Place of Publication
Woodbridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843837312
SKU
V9781843837312
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Reviews for Dying and Death in Later Anglo-Saxon England
An exemplary study, written in an eloquent and engaging style and with relevance beyond the period with which it is concerned. MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY A groundbreaking multidisciplinary study. SPECULUM Does more than fill an obvious gap in the current literature: this is not only a necessary book, it is also a very rich ... Read more