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Dying and Death in Later Anglo-Saxon England
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Study of late Anglo-Saxon texts and grave monuments illuminates contemporary attitudes towards dying and the dead. Pre-Conquest attitudes towards the dying and
Wills and Will-making in Anglo-Saxon England
Language: en
Pages: 348
Authors: Linda Tollerton
Categories: History
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A study of the implications and practices of wills and will-making in Anglo-Saxon society, and of the varieties of inheritance strategies and commemorative arra
The English Execution Narrative, 1200–1700
Language: en
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Royer examines the changing ritual of execution across five centuries and discovers a shift both in practice and in the message that was sent to the population
Late Anglo-Saxon Prayer in Practice
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This monograph examines Anglo-Saxon prayer outside of the communal liturgy. With a particular emphasis on its practical aspects, it considers how small groups o
Runes and Roman Letters in Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts
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This book presents the first comprehensive study of Anglo-Saxon manuscript texts containing runic letters. To date there has been no comprehensive study of thes