Anglo-Saxon kingdoms : art, word, war / edited by Claire Breay and Joanna Story.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Breay, Claire, 1968- editor.

Story, Joanna, 1970- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

British Library--Catalogs.

British Library.

Civilization, Anglo-Saxon--Exhibitions.

Civilization, Anglo-Saxon.

Genre:

Catalogs.

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

424 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

London : British Library, 2018.

Summary:

"The Anglo-Saxon period stretches from the arrival of Germanic groups on British shores in the early 5th century to the Norman Conquest of 1066. During these centuries, the English language was used and written down for the first time, pagan populations were converted to Christianity, and the foundations of the kingdom of England were laid. This richly illustrated new book - which accompanies a landmark British Library exhibition - presents Anglo-Saxon England as the home of a highly sophisticated artistic and political culture, deeply connected with its continental neighbours. Leading specialists in early medieval history, literature and culture engage with the unique, original evidence from which we can piece together the story of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, examining outstanding and beautiful objects such as highlights from the Staffordshire hoard and the Sutton Hoo burial. At the heart of the book is the British Library's outstanding collection of Anglo-Saxon manuscripts, the richest source of evidence about Old English language and literature, including Beowulf and other poetry; the Lindisfarne Gospels, one of Britain's greatest artistic and religious treasures; the St Cuthbert Gospel, the earliest intact European book; and historical manuscripts such as Bede's Ecclesiastical History and the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. These national treasures are discussed alongside other, internationally important literary and historical manuscripts held in major collections in Britain, Europe and the United States."--Cover inside.

Contents:

Introduction / Joanna Story

Anglo-Saxon England and the continent / Joanna Story

Language, learning and literature / Andy Orchard

Interactions with Ireland / Bernard Meehan

The emergence of a kingdom of England / Simon Keynes

Conquests and continuities / Julia Crick

Catalogue. Origins

Kingdoms and conversion

Mercia and its neighbours

The rise of the west Saxons

The emergence of England

Language, learning and literature

Natural science and medicine

Reforming the kingdom and the church

Music

Art in the kingdom of England

Conquests and landscape.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 404-418) and indexes.

On the occasion of the British Library exhibition of the same name, London, UK (19.10.2018 - 19.02.2019).

ISBN:

9780712352079

0712352074

9780712352024

0712352023

OCLC:

1050514346