The Anglo-Saxons
Subtitle: the world through their eyes
By: edited by Gale R. Owen-Crocker, Brian W. Schneider
Contributors: Owen-Crocker, Gale R., editor; Schneider, Brian W., editor; Manchester Centre for Anglo-Saxon Studies
Series: BAR British series -- 595; BAR British series -- 595.
Publisher: Archaeopress
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Oxford, England
Language: eng
Number of pages: 162
ISBN-13: 9781407312620
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Civilization, Anglo-Saxon; Congresses; Anglo-Saxons; Social conditions; English literature
Notes: "The papers published here are developed from presentations made at a Manchester Centre for Anglo-Saxon Studies Conference entitled 'The Anglo-Saxons in their World, ' held in 2010"--Page 1.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Bede's use of Gildas : two different chronological frameworks / Luca Larpi, The University of Manchester; title: Bede's vision of an English Britain / Nicholas J. Higham, The University of Manchester; title: The sense (or absence) of place in Bede / Christopher Grocock, independent scholar; title: Lectun and orceard : a preliminary survey of the evidence for horticulture in Anglo-Saxon England / Debby Banham, University of Cambridge; title: The complexities of the simple comb / Nicola Trzaska-Nartowski and Ian Riddler, independent scholars; title: Dwarves, nosebleeds and a scurvy horse : some uses of manuscripts in late Anglo-Saxon England / Donald G. Scragg, The University of Manchester; title: The liturgy and the laity / Joyce Hill, University of Leeds; title: The moving centre : trade and travel in York from Roman to Anglo-Saxon times / Mateusz J. Fafinski, Humboldt Universität, Berlin; title: Ships and the sea in the Exeter Book riddles / Jill Frederick, Minnesota State University Moorhead; title: Besette swinlicum : sources for the iconography of the Sutton Hoo shoulder-clasps / Michael King, Down County Museum; title: The myth of Scylla in Aldhelm's Enigmata / Marilina Cesario, Queen's University Belfast; title: Aldhelm and the Byzantine world : serica, saba and Saraceni / Katherine Barker, Bournemouth University; title: Speaking beyond the light : experience and auctoritas in the Wonders of the East and the Liber monstrorum / A.J. Ford, Church of England; title: Cannibalism in Beowulf and older Germanic religion / Frank Battaglia, College of Staten Island, City University of New York; title: The creation riddle and Anglo-Saxon cosmology / Erin Sebo, Queen's University Belfast.