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Death and memory in early medieval Britain / Howard Williams.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Williams, Howard, 1972- author.
- Series:
- Cambridge studies in archaeology.
- Cambridge studies in archaeology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Funeral rites and ceremonies, Medieval--Great Britain.
- Funeral rites and ceremonies, Medieval.
- Death--Social aspects--Great Britain--History--To 1500.
- Death.
- Memory--Social aspects--Great Britain--History--To 1500.
- Memory.
- Social archaeology--Great Britain.
- Social archaeology.
- Great Britain--Social life and customs--To 1066.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 254 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Other Title:
- Death & Memory in Early Medieval Britain
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- How were the dead remembered in early medieval Britain? Originally published in 2006, this innovative study demonstrates how perceptions of the past and the dead, and hence social identities, were constructed through mortuary practices and commemoration between c. 400-1100 AD. Drawing on archaeological evidence from across Britain, including archaeological discoveries, Howard Williams presents a fresh interpretation of the significance of portable artefacts, the body, structures, monuments and landscapes in early medieval mortuary practices. He argues that materials and spaces were used in ritual performances that served as 'technologies of remembrance', practices that created shared 'social' memories intended to link past, present and future. Through the deployment of material culture, early medieval societies were therefore selectively remembering and forgetting their ancestors and their history. Throwing light on an important aspect of medieval society, this book is essential reading for archaeologists and historians with an interest in the early medieval period.
- Contents:
- Death, memory and material culture
- Objects of memory
- Remembering through the body
- Graves as mnemonic compositions
- Monuments and memory
- Death and landscape
- Remembering, forgetting and the mortuary context.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 222-250) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-107-16271-8
- 1-280-70324-5
- 0-511-24591-2
- 0-511-24443-6
- 0-511-24660-9
- 0-511-31895-2
- 0-511-48959-5
- 0-511-24518-1
- OCLC:
- 252530107
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