LEADER 03165nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910782070103321 005 20231206202904.0 010 $a1-55458-824-3 010 $a1-282-23324-6 010 $a9786613810984 010 $a0-88920-550-7 035 $a(CKB)1000000000521171 035 $a(EBL)685986 035 $a(OCoLC)753480105 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000276898 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11234757 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000276898 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10245814 035 $a(PQKB)11704423 035 $a(CaPaEBR)402281 035 $a(CaBNvSL)jme00326886 035 $a(OCoLC)144144624 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse48125 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL685986 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10147138 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/p39b7d 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/2/402281 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC685986 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000521171 100 $a19850314d1985 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe Anglo-Saxons$b[electronic resource] $esynthesis and achievement /$fedited by J. Douglas Woods and David A.E. Pelteret 210 $aWaterloo, Ont. $cWilfred Laurier University Press$dc1985 215 $a1 online resource (190 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 300 $aDistributor statement from label mounted on t.p. 311 $a0-88920-166-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 330 $aThe 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 606 $aCivilization, Anglo-Saxon 607 $aEngland$xCivilization$yTo 1066 615 0$aCivilization, Anglo-Saxon. 676 $a942.01 701 $aWoods$b J. Douglas$01514902 701 $aPelteret$b David Anthony Edgell$f1944-$01514903 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782070103321 996 $aThe Anglo-Saxons$93750367 997 $aUNINA