03257nam 2200637 a 450 991082876510332120240313193336.01-84217-743-51-299-48520-0(CKB)2670000000342290(EBL)1165967(SSID)ssj0000856741(PQKBManifestationID)12377404(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000856741(PQKBWorkID)10837418(PQKB)10965963(Au-PeEL)EBL1165967(CaPaEBR)ebr10695219(CaONFJC)MIL479770(OCoLC)839389138(MiAaPQ)EBC1165967(EXLCZ)99267000000034229020100426d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSignals of belief in early England Anglo-Saxon paganism revisited /edited by Martin Carver, Alex Sanmark and Sarah SempleOxford ;Oakville, Conn. Oxbow Booksc20101 online resource (229 p.)Based on 2 conferences held 2005-2006 at Oxford University.1-84217-395-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Preface; List of Contributors; Acknowledgements; Foreword: Heathen Songs and Devil's Games (Neil Price); Chapter 1: Agency, Intellect and the Archaeological Agenda (Martin Carver); Chapter 2: In the Open Air (Sarah Semple); Chapter 3: At the Water's Edge (Julie Lund); Chapter 4: At the Funeral (Howard Williams); Chapter 5: In the Hall (Jenny Walker); Chapter 6: Animal Magic (Aleks Pluskowski); Chapter 7: Horses in Mind (Chris Fern); Chapter 8: Living On: Ancestors and the Soul (Alexandra Sanmark); Chapter 9: Creating the Pagan English (Sue Content and Howard Williams)Afterword: Caveats and Futures (Ronald Hutt on)IndexThis volume will throw new light on the intellect of the earliest English - the way they thought, the way they viewed the world, and the way they viewed worlds other than this. Previous understanding of the topic, well rooted in the ideas of its time, regarded the English as adherents of two consecutive religions: Paganism governed the settlers of the 4th-6th century, but was superseded in the 7th-10th century by Christianity. Of the two, Christianity, a religion of the book, documented itself thoroughly, while in failing to do so Paganism laid itself open to centuries of abuse, conjecture orAnglo-SaxonsReligionCongressesCivilization, Anglo-SaxonCongressesPaganismEnglandHistoryTo 1500CongressesEnglandReligious life and customsCongressesEnglandChurch history449-1066CongressesAnglo-SaxonsReligionCivilization, Anglo-SaxonPaganismHistory293.0942/09021Carver M. O. H459215Sanmark Alexandra1708255Semple Sarah1973-882644MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910828765103321Signals of belief in early England4097154UNINA