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Record Nr.

UNINA9910151629703321

Titolo

The Anglo-Saxons [[electronic resource] ] : synthesis and achievement / / edited by J. Douglas Woods and David A.E. Pelteret

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Waterloo, Ont., : Wilfred Laurier University Press, c1985

ISBN

1-55458-824-3

1-282-23324-6

9786613810984

0-88920-550-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (190 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WoodsJ. Douglas

PelteretDavid Anthony Edgell <1944->

Disciplina

942.01

Soggetti

Civilization, Anglo-Saxon

Electronic books.

England Civilization To 1066

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Distributor statement from label mounted on t.p.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 The Bayeux Tapestry: History or Propaganda?; 2 The Boundaries of Old English Literature; 3 Beowulf, Bede, and St. Oswine: The Hero's Pride in Old English Hagiography; 4 Domestic Peace and Public Order in Anglo-Saxon Law; 5 Two Early Anglo-Saxon Holy Men: Oswald and Cuthbert; 6 The Celtic Church in Anglo-Saxon Times; 7 Anglo-Saxon Use of the Apocryphal Gospel; 8 The Image of the Worm: Some Literary Implications of Serpentine Decoration; 9 Slavery in Anglo-Saxon England; 10 Germanic Warrior Terms in Old Saxon; Bibliographical Essay; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The popular notion that sees the Anglo-Saxon era as "The Dark Ages" perhaps has tended to obscure for many people the creations and strengths of that time. This collection, in examining many aspects of pre-Norman Britain, helps to illuminate how Anglo-Saxon society contributed to the continuity of knowledge between the ancient world and the modern world. But as well, it posits a view of that society in its own distinctive terms to show how it developed as a synthesis of



radically different cultures.The Bayeux Tapestry is examined for its underlying political motivations; the study of Old Engli