Ideas about the whole sweep of Anglo-Saxon history and in
particular the importance of combining skills from many disciplines
are at the centre of this volume. Walter Goffart invites us to
think again about what Bede meant by 'the true law of history',
while Joanna Story argues that the early Frankish annals give us
important insight into the raw material available to Bede. J. R.
Madicott traces the rapid development of Mercian power in Bede's
time, and a team of textual scholars and scientists report on their
experiments to test the efficacy of Anglo-Saxon medical
prescriptions. At the other end of the period, Gale R. Owen-Crocker
shows how the birds in the margins of the Bayeux Tapestry are used
to comment on the narrative of the Norman Conquest, while Rebecca
Rushforth finds evidence for continued post-Conquest interest in
the descendents of the royal house of Wessex. The usual
comprehensive bibliography of the previous year's publications in
all branches of Anglo-Saxon studies rounds off the book.
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