| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 212 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Cover; Preface; List of Contributors; Acknowledgements; Foreword: Heathen Songs and Devil's Games (Neil Price); Chapter 1: Agency, Intellect and the Archaeological Agenda (Martin Carver); Chapter 2: In the Open Air (Sarah Semple); Chapter 3: At the Water's Edge (Julie Lund); Chapter 4: At the Funeral (Howard Williams); Chapter 5: In the Hall (Jenny Walker); Chapter 6: Animal Magic (Aleks Pluskowski); Chapter 7: Horses in Mind (Chris Fern); Chapter 8: Living On: Ancestors and the Soul (Alexandra Sanmark); Chapter 9: Creating the Pagan English (Sue Content and Howard Williams) |
| Summary |
This volume will throw new light on the intellect of the earliest English - the way they thought, the way they viewed the world, and the way they viewed worlds other than this. Previous understanding of the topic, well rooted in the ideas of its time, regarded the English as adherents of two consecutive religions: Paganism governed the settlers of the 4th-6th century, but was superseded in the 7th-10th century by Christianity. Of the two, Christianity, a religion of the book, documented itself thoroughly, while in failing to do so Paganism laid itself open to centuries of abuse, conjecture or |
| Notes |
Based on 2 conferences held 2005-2006 at Oxford University |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Anglo-Saxons -- Religion -- Congresses
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Civilization, Anglo-Saxon -- Congresses
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Paganism -- England -- History -- To 1500 -- Congresses
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RELIGION -- Comparative Religion.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain.
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Anglo-Saxons -- Religion
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Civilization, Anglo-Saxon
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Paganism
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| SUBJECT |
England -- Religious life and customs -- Congresses
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England -- Church history -- 449-1066 -- Congresses
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| Subject |
England
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| Genre/Form |
proceedings (reports)
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Church history
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Conference papers and proceedings
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History
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Actes de congrès.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Carver, M. O. H
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Sanmark, Alexandra
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Semple, Sarah, 1973-
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| LC no. |
2010017469 |
| ISBN |
1842177435 |
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9781842177433 |
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9781842177419 |
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1842177419 |
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