Perceptions of the Prehistoric in Anglo-Saxon England: Religion, Ritual, and Rul

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ISBN-13
9780198844112
Book Title
Perceptions of the Prehistoric in Anglo-Saxon England
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Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0198844115
ISBN-13
9780198844112
eBay Product ID (ePID)
4038269613

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
352 Pages
Publication Name
Perceptions of the Prehistoric in Anglo-Saxon England : Religion, Ritual, and Rulership in the Landscape
Language
English
Subject
Archaeology, Europe / Great Britain / Middle Ages (449-1066), Customs & Traditions
Publication Year
2019
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Social Science, History
Author
Sarah Semple
Series
Medieval History and Archaeology Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback

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0.7 in
Item Weight
23.8 Oz
Item Length
9.7 in
Item Width
6.7 in

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Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
942.01
Table Of Content
List of Illustrations1. The Past in the Past: Perspectives and Approaches2. Monuments, Burial, and Identity: Regional Perspectives on Funerary Reuse3. Ancestral, Spiritual, and Magical? Evidence for pre-Christian attitudes to the prehistoric4. The Circle and the Cross: Medieval Churches and Prehistoric Monuments5. Changing Meanings: Monuments in Literature, Art, and Place-Names6. Royal and Religious Theatre: Monuments and Power in Mid to Late Anglo-Saxon England7. Visions of the Past: The Anglo-Saxons and the Ancient LandscapeAppendicesAbbreviationsBibliographyIndex
Synopsis
Perceptions of the Prehistoric in Anglo-Saxon England represents an unparalleled exploration of the place of prehistoric monuments in the Anglo-Saxon psyche, and examines how Anglo-Saxon communities perceived and used these monuments during the period AD 400-1100. Sarah Semple employs archaeological, historical, art historical, and literary sources to study the variety of ways in which the early medieval population of England used the prehistoric legacy in the landscape, exploring it from temporal and geographic perspectives. Key to the arguments and ideas presented is the premise that populations used these remains, intentionally and knowingly, in the articulation and manipulation of their identities: local, regional, political, and religious. They recognized them as ancient features, as human creations from a distant past. They used them as landmarks, battle sites, and estate markers, giving them new Old English names. Before, and even during, the conversion to Christianity, communities buried their dead in and around these monuments. After the conversion, several churches were built in and on these monuments, great assemblies and meetings were held at them, and felons executed and buried within their surrounds. This volume covers the early to late Anglo-Saxon world, touching on funerary ritual, domestic and settlement evidence, ecclesiastical sites, place-names, written sources, and administrative and judicial geographies. Through a thematic and chronologically-structured examination of Anglo-Saxon uses and perceptions of the prehistoric, Semple demonstrates that populations were not only concerned with Romanitas (or Roman-ness), but that a similar curiosity and conscious reference to and use of the prehistoric existed within all strata of society., Represents an unparalleled exploration of the place of prehistoric monuments in the Anglo-Saxon psyche, and examines how Anglo-Saxon communities perceived and used these monuments during the period AD 400-1100.
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DA152.2

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