Anglo-Saxon England

The Anglo-Saxons' sense of the past, their colour vocabulary and their ties of kinship are among the topics considered in this third volume.

Peter Clemoes (Edited by)

9780521038553, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 11 October 2007

284 pages
22.8 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm, 0.439 kg

The Anglo-Saxons' sense of the past, their colour vocabulary and their ties of kinship are among the topics considered in this third volume. Evidence for contemporary ecclesiastical architecture is extracted from an Anglo-Latin poem and evidence for the post-Conquest Anglo-Saxon emigration to Byzantium from an Icelandic saga. A prominent critic of Old English literature provides a reconsideration of The Seafarer. A review article surveys the work of the previous twenty years on Anglo-Saxon charters. The bibliography lists all books, articles and significant reviews published in any branch of Anglo-Saxon studies during 1973.

List of figures
Preface
1. Cross-Channel language ties R. Derolez
2. Old English colour classification: where do matters stand? Nigel F. Barley
3. Germanic and Roman antiquity and the sense of the past in Anglo-Saxon England Michael Hunter
4. The influence of the catechetical narratio on Old English and some other medieval literature Virginia Day
5. The concept of the hall in Old English poetry Kathryn Hume
6. Second thoughts on the interpretation of The Seafarer John C. Pope
7. God's presence through grace as the theme of Cynewulf's Christ II and the relationship of this theme to Christ I and Christ III Colin Chase
8. King Alfred's æstel Bruce Harbert
9. Laurence Nowell's transcript of BM Cotton Otho B. xi Raymond J. S. Grant
10. Æthelwold's translation of the Regula Sancti Benedicti and its Latin exemplar Mechthild Gretsch
11. Social idealism in Ælfric's Colloquy Earl R. Anderson
12. The architectural interest of Æthelwulf's De Abbatibus H. M. Taylor
13. Towards a revision of the internal chronology of the coinages of Edward the Elder and Plegmund Michael Dolley
14. The Icelandic saga of Edward the Confessor: its version of the Anglo-Saxon emigration to Byzantium Christine Fell
15. Kinship in Anglo-Saxon England H. R. Loyn
16. Anglo-Saxon charters: the work of the last twenty years Nicholas Brooks
17. Bibliography for 1973 Martin Biddle, Alan Brown, T. J. Brown, Peter A. Clayton and Peter Hunter Blair.

Subject Areas: Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500 [HBLC], British & Irish history [HBJD1]