The Anglo Saxons: Synthesis and Achievements - Couverture souple

J. Douglas Woods (editor)

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0889201668 ISBN 13 : 9780889201668

Editeur : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1986

Synopsis

The 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 English literature is extended to such works as laws, charters, apocryphal literature, saints' lives and mythologies, and many of these are studied for the insight they provide into the social structures of the Anglo-Saxons. Other essays examine both the institution of slavery and the use of Germanic warrior terminology in Old Saxon as a contribution towards the descriptive analysis of that society's social groupings. The book also presents a perspective on the Christian church that is usually overlooked by historians: that its existence was continuous and influential from Roman times, and that it was greatly affected by the Celtic Christian church long after the latter was thought to have disintegrated.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

J. Douglas Woods is an Associate Professor of Linguistics at Scarborough College in the University of Toronto.

David A.E. Pelteret is Senior Research Fellow in the Department of History at King's College London. He is also the author of Slavery in Early Mediaeval England from the Reign of Alfred until the Twelfth Century and Anglo-Saxon History: Basic Readings.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
• Date d'édition: 1986
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0889201668
• ISBN 13: 9780889201668
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 199
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible