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Similar in theme and method to the first and second volumes, Water
and the Environment in the Anglo-Saxon World, third volume of the
series Daily Living in the Anglo-Saxon World, illuminates how an
understanding of the impact of water features on the daily lives of
the people and the environment of the Anglo-Saxon world can inform
reading and scholarship of the period in significant ways. In
discussing fishing, for example, we learn in what ways fish and
fishing might have impacted the life of the average person who
lived near fishing waters in early medieval England: how fishing
affected that person's diet, livelihood, and religious obligations,
as well as how fish and fishing waters influenced social and
cultural structures. Similar lines of enquiry in the volume's
chapters shed insight on water imagery in Old English poetry, on
place names that delineate types of watery bodies across the early
medieval landscape, and on human interactions (poetic and
otherwise) with fens and other wetlands, sacred wells and springs,
landing spaces, bridges, canals, watermills, and river settlements,
as well as a variety of other waterscapes. The volume's examination
of the impact of water features on the daily lives of the people
and the environment of the Anglo-Saxon world fosters an
understanding, in the end, not only of the archaeological and
material circumstances of water and its uses, but also the
imaginative waterscapes found in the textual records of the peoples
of early medieval England.
A powerful exploration of trees in both the real and the imagined
Anglo-Saxon landscape. Trees played a particularly important part
in the rural economy of Anglo-Saxon England, both for wood and
timber and as a wood-pasture resource, with hunting gaining a
growing cultural role. But they are also powerful icons in many
pre-Christian religions, with a degree of tree symbolism found in
Christian scripture too. This wide-ranging book explores both the
"real", historical and archaeological evidence of trees and
woodland, and as they are depicted in Anglo-Saxon literature and
legend. Place-name and charter references cast light upon the
distribution of particular tree species (mapped here in detail for
the first time) and also reflect upon regional character in a
period that was fundamental for the evolution of the present
landscape. Della Hooke is Honorary Fellow of the Institute for
Advanced Research in Arts and Social Sciences at the University of
Birmingham.
Essays on the depiction of animals, birds and insects in early
medieval material culture, from texts to carvings to the landscape
itself. For people in the early Middle Ages, the earth, air, water
and ether teemed with other beings. Some of these were sentient
creatures that swam, flew, slithered or stalked through the same
environments inhabited by their human contemporaries. Others were
objects that a modern beholder would be unlikely to think of as
living things, but could yet be considered to possess a vitality
that rendered them potent. Still others were things half glimpsed
on a dark night or seen only in the mind's eye; strange beasts that
haunted dreams and visions or inhabited exotic lands beyond the
compass of everyday knowledge. This book discusses the various ways
in which the early English and Scandinavians thought about and
represented these other inhabitants of their world, and considers
the multi-faceted nature of the relationship between people and
beasts. Drawing on the evidence of material culture, art, language,
literature, place-names and landscapes, the studies presented here
reveal a world where the boundaries between humans, animals,
monsters and objects were blurred and often permeable, and where to
represent the bestial could be to holda mirror to the self. MICHAEL
D.J. BINTLEY is Lecturer in Early Medieval Literature and Culture
at Birkbeck, University of London; THOMAS WILLIAMS is a former
curator of Early Medieval Coins at the British Museum.
Contributors: Noël Adams, John Baker, Michael D. J. Bintley, Sue
Brunning, László Sándor Chardonnens, Della Hooke, Eric Lacey,
Richard North, Marijane Osborn, Victoria Symons, Thomas J. Williams
Similar in theme and method to the first and second volumes, Water
and the Environment in the Anglo-Saxon World, third volume of the
series Daily Living in the Anglo-Saxon World, illuminates how an
understanding of the impact of water features on the daily lives of
the people and the environment of the Anglo-Saxon world can inform
reading and scholarship of the period in significant ways. In
discussing fishing, for example, we learn in what ways fish and
fishing might have impacted the life of the average person who
lived near fishing waters in early medieval England: how fishing
affected that person's diet, livelihood, and religious obligations,
as well as how fish and fishing waters influenced social and
cultural structures. Similar lines of enquiry in the volume's
chapters shed insight on water imagery in Old English poetry, on
place names that delineate types of watery bodies across the early
medieval landscape, and on human interactions (poetic and
otherwise) with fens and other wetlands, sacred wells and springs,
landing spaces, bridges, canals, watermills, and river settlements,
as well as a variety of other waterscapes. The volume's examination
of the impact of water features on the daily lives of the people
and the environment of the Anglo-Saxon world fosters an
understanding, in the end, not only of the archaeological and
material circumstances of water and its uses, but also the
imaginative waterscapes found in the textual records of the peoples
of early medieval England.
An exploration of the landscape of Anglo-Saxon England,
particularly through the prism of place-names and what they can
reveal. The landscape of modern England still bears the imprint of
its Anglo-Saxon past. Villages and towns, fields, woods and
forests, parishes and shires, all shed light on the enduring impact
of the Anglo-Saxons. The essays in this volume explore the richness
of the interactions between the Anglo-Saxons and their landscape:
how they understood, described, and exploited the environments of
which they were a part. Ranging from the earliest settlement period
through to the urban expansion of late Anglo-Saxon England, this
book draws on evidence from place-names, written sources, and the
landscape itself to provide fresh insights into the topic. Subjects
explored include the history of thestudy of place-names and the
Anglo-Saxon landscape; landscapes of particular regions and the
exploitation of particular landscape types; the mechanisms of the
transmission and survival of written sources; and the problems and
potentials of interdisciplinary research into the Anglo-Saxon
landscape. Nicholas J. Higham is Professor of Early Medieval and
Landscape History at the University of Manchester; Martin Ryan
lectures in Medieval History at the University of Manchester.
Contributors: Ann Cole, Linda M. Corrigan, Dorn Van Dommelen, Simon
Draper, Gillian Fellows-Jensen, Della Hooke, Duncan Probert,
Alexander R. Rumble, Martin J. Ryan, Peter A. Stokes, Richard
Watson.
One of the first attempts at reconstructing the landscape of
pre-Conquest England in minute detail, this book is now available
in paperback for the first time. Here the evidence is examined for
the West Midlands - the counties of Worcestershire, Warwickshire
and Gloucestershire, much of which formed the Anglo-Saxon kingdom
of the Hwicce. The administrative framework of England was
established in the pre-Conquest period, within a geographical
setting which influenced the basic resources available in different
regions. Della Hooke reveals the intimate local landscape through
the medium of place names, contemporary documents and
archaeological evidence. Her detailed picture brings the
Anglo-Saxon countryside very much to life. The patterns which
emerge in this period go far to explain the nature of later
medieval patterns of settlement and field systems, and provide the
key to understanding territorial organisation in the region.
It is being increasingly recognised that cultural and biological
diversity are deeply linked and that conservation programmes should
take into account the ethical, cultural and spiritual values of
nature. With contributions from a range of scholars, practitioners
and spiritual leaders from around the world, this book provides new
insights into biocultural diversity conservation. It explores
sacred landscapes, sites, plants and animals from around the world
to demonstrate the links between nature conservation and spiritual
beliefs and traditions. Key conceptual topics are connected to case
studies, as well as modern and ancient spiritual insights, guiding
the reader through the various issues from fundamental theory and
beliefs to practical applications. It looks forward to the
biocultural agenda, providing guidelines for future research and
practice and offering suggestions for improved integration of these
values into policy, planning and management.
Essays on the depiction of animals, birds and insects in early
medieval material culture, from texts to carvings to the landscape
itself. For people in the early Middle Ages, the earth, air, water
and ether teemed with other beings. Some of these were sentient
creatures that swam, flew, slithered or stalked through the same
environments inhabited by their human contemporaries. Others were
objects that a modern beholder would be unlikely to think of as
living things, but could yet be considered to possess a vitality
that rendered them potent. Still others were things half glimpsed
on a dark night or seen only in the mind's eye; strange beasts that
haunted dreams and visions or inhabited exotic lands beyond the
compass of everyday knowledge. This book discusses the various ways
in which the early English and Scandinavians thought about and
represented these other inhabitants of their world, and considers
the multi-faceted nature of the relationship between people and
beasts. Drawing on the evidence of material culture, art, language,
literature, place-names and landscapes, the studies presented here
reveal a world where the boundaries between humans, animals,
monsters and objects were blurred and often permeable, and where to
represent the bestial could be to holda mirror to the self. Michael
D.J. Bintley is Senior Lecturer in Medieval Literature at
Canterbury Christ Church University; Thomas J.T. Williams is a
doctoral researcher at UCL's Institute of Archaeology.
Contributors: Noel Adams, John Baker, Michael D. J. Bintley, Sue
Brunning, Laszlo Sandor Chardonnens, Della Hooke, Eric Lacey,
Richard North, Marijane Osborn, Victoria Symons, Thomas J. Williams
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