Signals of belief in early England : Anglo-Saxon paganism revisited / / edited by Martin Carver, Alex Sanmark and Sarah Semple

• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; Oakville, Conn., : Oxbow Books, c2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (229 p.)
• Disciplina: 293.0942/09021
• Soggetto topico: Anglo-Saxons - Religion; Civilization, Anglo-Saxon; Paganism - England - History - To 1500
• Soggetto geografico: England Religious life and customs Congresses; England Church history 449-1066 Congresses
• Altri autori: CarverM. O. H SanmarkAlexandra SempleSarah <1973->
• Note generali: Based on 2 conferences held 2005-2006 at Oxford University.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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)Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This 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the English as adherents of two consecutive religions: Paganism governed the settlers of the 4th-6th century, but was superseded in the 7th-10th century by Christianity.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 or
• Titolo autorizzato: Signals of belief in early England
• ISBN: 1-84217-743-5; 1-299-48520-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910828765103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II