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Transformation in Anglo-Saxon culture : Toller lectures on art, archaeology and text /

"The five authoritative papers presented here are the product of long careers of research into Anglo-Saxon culture. In detail the subject areas and approaches are very different, yet all are cross-disciplinary and the same texts and artefacts weave through several of them. Literary text is used...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: Manchester Centre for Anglo-Saxon Studies
Otros Autores: Insley, Charles (Editor ), Owen-Crocker, Gale R. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; Havertown, PA : Oxbow Books, 2017.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"The five authoritative papers presented here are the product of long careers of research into Anglo-Saxon culture. In detail the subject areas and approaches are very different, yet all are cross-disciplinary and the same texts and artefacts weave through several of them. Literary text is used to interpret both history and art; ecclesiastical-historical circumstances explain the adaptation of usage of a literary text; wealth and religious learning, combined with old and foreign artistic motifs are blended into the making of new books with multiple functions; religio-socio-economic circumstances are the background to changes in burial ritual. The common element is transformation, the Anglo-Saxon ability to rework older material for new times and the necessary adaptation to new circumstances. The papers originated as five recent Toller Memorial Lectures hosted by the Manchester Centre for Anglo-Saxon Studies (MANCASS)"--Publisher description
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xviii, 136 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781785704987
1785704982
9781785705007
1785705008