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Perceptions of the prehistoric in Anglo-Saxon England : religion, ritual, and rulership in the landscape / Sarah Semple.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Semple, Sarah, 1973-
- Series:
- Medieval History and Archaeology
- Medieval history and archaeology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ritual--England.
- Ritual.
- Archaeology--England.
- Archaeology.
- England--Antiquities.
- England.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (352 p.)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This title 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.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Colour Plates; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations and Primary Sources; 1. The past in the past: Multidisciplinary perspectives on Anglo-Saxon 'reuse'; 2. Burial, community, and identity and the prehistoric past: Anglo-Saxon England c. AD 400-800; 3. Ancestral, spiritual, and magical? Pre-Christian attitudes to the prehistoric; 4. The circle and the cross: Medieval churches and prehistoric monuments; 5. Changing meanings: Prehistoric monuments in literature and place-names c. AD 700-1100
- 6. Royal and religious theatre: Monuments and power in mid to late Saxon England7. Visions of the past: The Anglo-Saxons and the ancient landscape; Appendix 1. Burials of fifth-to eighth-century date in the East Yorkshire study area; Appendix 2. Weaponry discovered in possible non-funerary contexts at prehistoric monuments; Appendix 3. Medieval churches situated with reference to prehistoric monuments; Appendix 4. Monuments and the supernatural in Anglo-Saxon charter-bounds; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 1, 2013).
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-258536-3
- 0-19-884411-5
- 0-19-150560-9
- 1-299-96666-7
- OCLC:
- 860901458
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