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Anglo-Saxon England (Paperback)
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Anglo-Saxon England (Paperback)
Series: Anglo-Saxon England, Volume 6
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Work in this volume offers insights into the Anglo-Saxons'
literature, both Latin and vernacular, their study of Latin, their
documents, art and artefacts, agricultural practices, their
cognizance of Roman predecessors, and later Icelandic knowledge of
them. The literary contributions include a major study of Aldhelm's
Latin prose style, arguing against its supposed 'Irishness' and
placing it firmly in the main tradition of rhetorical amplification
coming through from ancient times. In the field of vernacular
poetry a prevalent, but illogical, interpretation of a thematically
significant obscurity in Beowulf is challenged, and Cynewulf's
penitential concern is emphasized. The physical remains of the
eighth-century watermill at Tamworth and a compiled survey of early
medieval mill terminology are correlated. Old English place-names
containing Latin loan words are reconsidered. The sources of a
fourteenth-century Icelander's knowledge of late Anglo-Saxon
history are further delineated in a third, concluding article on
the Jatvarthar saga. There is the usual bibliography of the
previous year's studies in all branches of Anglo-Saxon.
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