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Early Medieval Northumbria

Author : David Petts
Publisher : Brepols Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9782503528229
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (282 download)

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Download or read book Early Medieval Northumbria written by David Petts and published by Brepols Publishers. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This series focuses on Western Europe in the Early Middle Ages and covers work in the areas of history, language & literature, archaeology, art history and religious studies. It brings together current scholarship on early medieval Britain with scholarship on western continental Europe and Viking Scandinavia; these areas have more traditionally been studied separately or in terms of the interaction of discrete cultures and regions. As well as advocating new approaches across geographical and political divisions, this series spans the conventional distinctions between Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages on the one hand, and the Early Middle Ages and the twelfth century on the other. Responding to renewed interest in the powerful early medieval kingdom of Northumbria, this volume uses evidence drawn from archaeology, documentary history, place-names, and artistic works to produce an unashamedly cross-disciplinary body of scholarship that addresses all aspects of Northumbria's past. Northumbria at its peak stretched from the River Humber to the Scottish highlands and westwards to the Irish Sea, producing saints, kings, and scholars with contacts across Europe, from Scandinavia, Ireland, and Francia to Rome itself. This volume unites papers on all aspects of this major European power of its day, from its origins in the fifth and sixth centuries from British and Anglo-Saxon chiefdoms, through its 'Golden Age' as eighth-century Europe's intellectual powerhouse, to its role as a key element of an international Viking kingdom. Where traditional scholarship has centred on the ecclesiastical high culture of the age of Bede, this work examines the kingdom's social and economic life and its origins and decline as well. There is a stress on approaching established bodies of material from new perspectives and engaging with wider debates in the field, including monumentality, the development of kingships, and the evolution of the early Church. Areas investigated include the kingdom's political history, its economy and society, and its wider place within Europe. Its unique artistic legacy, in the form of illuminated manuscripts and a rich sculptural tradition, is also explored. Book jacket.

Coinage in the Northumbrian Landscape and Economy, C. 575-c. 867

Author : Tony Abramson
Publisher : British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book Coinage in the Northumbrian Landscape and Economy, C. 575-c. 867 written by Tony Abramson and published by British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited. This book was released on 2018 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book presents the author's digitization of Pirie's ... corpus of 9th-century Northumbrian 'stycas.' This database, enhanced by data from elsewhere, is compared by location with the artefactual database known as VASLE (created at the University of York, 2008) to demonstrate that the co-occurrence of coins and portable artefacts defines monetary evolution in Northumbria. Additionally, the author presents a new periodization and reveals the previously disparaged gold shillings of York to have been issued by Bishop Paulinus, a disruptive finding chronologically, with wider consequences. Northumbria benefited increasingly, both monetarily and fiscally, as the face value of coins fell. Other conclusions include the idea that Northumbrian coin production was erratic; that the Yorkshire Wolds were more highly monetized than the surrounding lowlands, indicating a more enterprising culture; that styca hoards represent episcopal expropriations; and that there were significant changes in settlement and economy in the central lowlands. This work demonstrates that monetization reflected northern independence, innovation and enterprise."--Back cover (page 4 of cover).

Ecgfrith

Author : N. J. Higham
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781907730450
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Ecgfrith written by N. J. Higham and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Northumbria, 500-1100

Author : David Rollason
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521813358
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (133 download)

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Download or read book Northumbria, 500-1100 written by David Rollason and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-09-25 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description

Northumbria

Author : Paul Gething
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780752459707
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (597 download)

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Download or read book Northumbria written by Paul Gething and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of Northumbria

Raising the Dead

Author : Christine Maddern
Publisher : Brepols Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9782503532189
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Raising the Dead written by Christine Maddern and published by Brepols Publishers. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first work to explore and explain the form, function, and theological meaning of Northumbrian name stones, both in their immediate Insular setting and within a wider European context. Earlier studies have concentrated on the archaeological and epigraphic aspects of these monuments, which has resulted in a tentative dating framework but also a blanket designation of 'gravestones'. This book challenges the assumptions behind this designation and focuses on the iconography of name stones as a reflection of theological ideas of the period, based on a central hypothesis that many emulate the format of manuscript pages. The author also addresses the contentious question of the placing of name stones, in particular whether some stones were actually placed in the grave. Her analysis presents not only evidence of differential burial practices within the same Northumbrian cemeteries, but offers parallel examples from other monastic sites in both Britain and the Continent--and significantly broadens the field of argument about early medieval burial practices. In this book, the author combines approaches from ecclesiastical history and iconography, theology, and archaeology to draw out the significance of the Northumbrian name stones and to explore the 'living' presence of the dead in early medieval religious communities.

The Lindisfarne Gospels

Author : Richard Gameson
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004337849
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book The Lindisfarne Gospels written by Richard Gameson and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2017-07-03 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Masterpiece of medieval manuscript production and decoration, its Latin text glossed throughout in Old English, the Lindisfarne Gospels is a vital witness to the book culture, art, and Christianity of the Anglo-Saxons and their interactions with Ireland, Italy, and the wider world. The expert studies in this collection examine in turn the archaeology of Holy Island, relations between Ireland and Northumbria, early Northumbrian book culture, the relationship of the Lindisfarne Gospels to the Church universal, the canon table apparatus of the manuscript, the decoration of its Canon Tables, its systems of liturgical readings, the mathematical principles underlying the design of its carpet pages, points of comparison and contrast with the Book of Durrow, the Latin and Old English texts, the nature of the glossator’s ink, and the meaning of enigmatic words and phrases within the vernacular gloss. Approaching the material from a series of new perspectives, the contributors shed new light on numerous aspects of this magnificent manuscript, its milieux, and its significance.

The King in the North

Author : Max Adams
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1781854173
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (818 download)

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Download or read book The King in the North written by Max Adams and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-08-29 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A triumph – a Game of Thrones in the Dark Ages' TOM HOLLAND. The magisterial biography of Oswald Whiteblade, exiled prince of Northumbria, who returned in blood and glory to reclaim his birthright. A charismatic leader, a warrior whose prowess in battle earned him the epithet Whiteblade, an exiled prince who returned to claim his birthright, the inspiration for Tolkein's Aragorn. Oswald of Northumbria was the first great English monarch, yet today this legendary figure is all but forgotten. In this panoramic portrait of Dark Age Britain, archaeologist and biographer Max Adams returns the king in the North to his rightful place in history.

Anglo-Saxon Elite

Author : RODRIGUES DA SI..
Publisher : Early Medieval North Atlantic
ISBN 13 : 9789463721134
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (211 download)

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Download or read book Anglo-Saxon Elite written by RODRIGUES DA SI.. and published by Early Medieval North Atlantic. This book was released on 2021-09-15 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In all of the literature on Anglo-Saxon England, rarely has the question of social class been confronted head-on. This study draws upon recent research into topics such as religious practice, emotions, daily life, and intellectual culture to investigate how the aristocracy of Northumbria maintained social dominance over wider society. Moreover, this monograph suggests that the crisis that brought an end to Northumbria as an independent kingdom was the product of the social contradictions produced by the ruling class as social domination developed over time. The analysis is divided into three broad parts - production, circulation, and consumption - both as a nod to Marxist historiography and also to signal a commitment to a methodology that situates the subject within a global context.

Early Medieval Britain

Author : Pam J. Crabtree
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0521885949
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (218 download)

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Download or read book Early Medieval Britain written by Pam J. Crabtree and published by . This book was released on 2018-06-07 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the development of towns in Britain from late Roman times to the end of the Anglo-Saxon period using archaeological data.

Symbolic Reproduction in Early Medieval England

Author : Katharine Sykes
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019265912X
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (926 download)

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Download or read book Symbolic Reproduction in Early Medieval England written by Katharine Sykes and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2024-07-02 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early Middle Ages, the conversion of the early English kingdoms acted as a catalyst for significant social and cultural change. One of the most visible of these changes was the introduction of a new type of household: the monastic household. These reproduced through education and training, rather than biological means; their inhabitants practised celibacy as a lifelong state, rather than as a stage in the life course. Because monastic households depended on secular households to produce the next generation of recruits, previous studies have tended to view them as more mutable than their secular counterparts, which are implicitly regarded as natural and ahistorical. Katharine Sykes charts some of the significant changes to the structure of households between the seventh to eleventh centuries, as ideas of spiritual, non-biological reproduction first fostered in monastic households were adopted in royal households in the tenth and eleventh centuries, and as ideas about kinship that were generated in secular households, such as the relationship between genealogy and inheritance, were picked up and applied by their monastic counterparts. In place of binary divisions between secular and monastic, biological and spiritual, real and imagined, Sykes demonstrates that different forms of kinship and reproduction in this period were intimately linked.

Upper Teesdale

Author : D. Coggins
Publisher : British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Upper Teesdale written by D. Coggins and published by British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited. This book was released on 1986 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (BAR 150, 1986)

Early Medieval Art

Author : Lawrence Nees
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780192842435
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (424 download)

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Download or read book Early Medieval Art written by Lawrence Nees and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2002 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Earliest Christian art - Saints and holy places - Holy images - Artistic production for the wealthy - Icons & iconography.

A Companion to the Early Middle Ages

Author : Pauline Stafford
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118499476
Total Pages : 578 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (184 download)

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Download or read book A Companion to the Early Middle Ages written by Pauline Stafford and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-03-26 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on 28 original essays, A Companion to the Early Middle Ages takes an inclusive approach to the history of Britain and Ireland from c.500 to c.1100 to overcome artificial distinctions of modern national boundaries. A collaborative history from leading scholars, covering the key debates and issues Surveys the building blocks of political society, and considers whether there were fundamental differences across Britain and Ireland Considers potential factors for change, including the economy, Christianisation, and the Vikings

Saxon Heroines

Author : Sandra Wagner-Wright
Publisher : Wagner-Wright Enterprises
ISBN 13 : 0996384596
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (963 download)

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Download or read book Saxon Heroines written by Sandra Wagner-Wright and published by Wagner-Wright Enterprises. This book was released on 2021-02-16 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Old gods fall as Christianity rises across Northern Europe with a fair amount of help from the women behind the scenes, the wielders of true power." -- Chanticleer Reviews "...dramatically gripping novel... A captivating account of the lives of extraordinary women in perilous times." —Kirkus Perfect for fans of Philippa Gregory's The White Queen and Sandra Gulland's The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B. "a fascinating story of upheaval in early Britain...Historical fiction readers will be absorbed by this intricate tale of memorable Northumbrian women fighting for change." —BookLife Men have had the first and last word for too long. In Sandra Wagner-Wright's Saxon Heroines, we get to hear from the powerful women of the early medieval world. Well researched, well detailed, and a compelling story make it an enjoyable fresh take on medieval historical fiction." —Alex Telander, San Francisco Book Review [A] brilliant recreation of the lives of inspiring heroines from seventh-century Northumbria." —Readers' Favorite Seventh century England is a hodgepodge of warring Anglo-Saxon states filled with shifting alliances and treacherous grabs for royal power. Kings rise and fall, depending on Woden's Luck. Northumbria, the damp kingdom north of the River Humber, is a state riven with rivalries and kings determined to expand at any cost. Women have no obvious role in a warrior society, but by using their wits, four women—two queens and two abbesses—make monumental changes. One woman marries a pagan king and successfully converts him to Christianity before he dies in battle. One becomes the most powerful abbess in Northumbria and holds the Great Synod at Whitby Abbey, which brings the kingdom back to the Roman Church. Another becomes queen and keeps political alliances strong despite different religious denominations. The fourth woman ushers in a new age by negotiating with kings and churchmen to establish one united church in the Northumbrian kingdom. Based on true events and people, this is the story of Northumbria through the eyes of the most important women of their time.

Art and Worship in the Insular World

Author :
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004467513
Total Pages : 413 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Art and Worship in the Insular World written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-08-16 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book examines the lived experience of worship in early medieval England and Ireland, ranging from public experience of church and stone sculptures, to monastic life, to personal contemplation of, and meditation on, manuscript illuminations and other devotional objects.

The Cult of Relics in Early Medieval Ireland

Author : Niamh Wycherley
Publisher : Brepols Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9782503551845
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (518 download)

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Download or read book The Cult of Relics in Early Medieval Ireland written by Niamh Wycherley and published by Brepols Publishers. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the cult of saints became increasingly important to the Christian religion during the latter centuries of the Roman Empire, so too the veneration of relics became a central element of Christian piety. The relics of holy men and women--the very tangibility of which ensured their lasting appeal--could be used to heal the sick, improve the weather, ensure victory in battle, and represent power and authority. Even today, in an era of declining church attendance, famous relics such as the head of St Catherine of Siena or the tongue of St Anthony of Padua continue to draw hundreds of thousands of pilgrims; the need to preserve and venerate objects associated with the important and the famous is a well-established human trait. This book is the first to explore the historical roots of the cult of relics in early medieval Ireland, deepening our understanding of how the pagan Irish adapted to the new religion. Examining the cult of relics from the earliest Irish sources up to the ninth century, it provides insights into the role of relics and the culture and people to whom they were so significant. The volume investigates how the Christian phenomenon of relic veneration developed in early Ireland and it evaluates the continuity between Irish practice and that on the continent. By offering a new model of how the cult of relics evolved and by exploring the extent to which it helped forge early Irish Christianity, the arguments presented here have the potential to reshape views of the entire period.