Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture, XIV, Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire

9780197267561, OUP Oxford

Hardback, published 30 November 2023

656 pages, over 550 greyscale images, 12 colour images, including maps, photographs, and plans
28.5 x 22.5 x 4.2 cm, 2.676 kg

Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Sculpture, XIV, Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire surveys the counties of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire with a substantial catalogue of all known pre-Conquest stone sculpture, illustrated by high-quality photographs, maps, and interpretive drawings. A series of introductory chapters explore such topics as the history of previous scholarship, the geological and historical background, plus a detailed analysis of the new information afforded by these major survivals of Anglo-Saxon art and archaeology. Stocker and Everson conclude that the great majority of stone sculpture from these two counties belongs to the final century of Anglo-Saxon England, during which period they were rapidly expanding ecclesiastical societies, and deeply influenced by the great monasteries of Peterborough and Ely. The quantity of eleventh-century material permits an analysis of the impact of the Norman conquest on aspects of social, ecclesiastical, and cultural life, which is a running theme through the narrative.

Subject Areas: Medieval European archaeology [HDDM]