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Anglo-Saxon England (Paperback)
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Anglo-Saxon England (Paperback)
Series: Anglo-Saxon England, Volume 19
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The principal emphasis of this book is the relationship between
England and its neighbours in the pre-Conquest period. It brings
together fresh information of England's place in the early medieval
world, with essays concentrating on finance and trade, travel,
learning and education. A detailed analysis of the Old English
vocabulary for money and wealth shows different usage over two
centuries reflects a developing awareness, particularly on the part
of AElfric, of the relationship between wealth and power. Medical
recipes in Bald's Leechbook, which stipulate the use of exotic
spices from Arabia, have stimulated a fascinating essay on how
these ingredients may have made their way from Arabia and the
Mediterranean to England. Other essays in this wide-ranging book
examine the Old English Rune Poem in the context of its two later
Scandinavian analogues; the use in England of Jerome's Hebracium
translation of the psalter; and the study in English schools of the
difficult verse of Abbo of Saint-Germain-des-Pres. 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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