Anglo-Saxon England: Volume 22 (Anglo-Saxon England, Series Number 22)

Lapidge, Michael; Godden, Malcolm; Keynes, Simon

ISBN 10: 0521443520 / ISBN 13: 9780521443524

Edité par Cambridge University Press, 1993

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Anglo-Saxon England: Volume 22 (Anglo-Saxon England, Series Number 22)
• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date de parution: 1993
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0521443520
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780521443524
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• État de l'article: Near Fine
• État de la jaquette: Very Good+
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Synopsis

This volume provides insight into Anglo-Saxon history and culture.

Présentation de l'éditeur

That Alcuin addressed to the monks of Lindisfarne the question, 'What has Ingeld to do with Christ?', is a much repeated dogma in Old English studies; but in this book close examination of the letter in question shows that it was addressed not to Lindisfarne nor to a monastic community, but to a bishop in Mercia. That 'Ultán the scribe' was responsible for some of the most lavishly illuminated Anglo-Saxon manuscripts is shown to be another untenable dogma. Fresh perspectives from interdisciplinary study: the 'beasts-of-battle' typescenes which are characteristic of Old English poetry are studied in the wider context of other European literatures. The nasty Viking habit of murdering hostages by throwing bones at them (as happened to St Ælfeah) is illuminated by a wide-ranging study of analogues in Scandinavian literatures. Characteristic features of Aldhelm's enigmata are elucidated by the study of Byzantine riddles, thereby revealing a link between England and the Greek orient. The usual comprehensive bibliography of the previous year's publications rounds off the book.