The Place of the Cross in Anglo-Saxon England
Title | The Place of the Cross in Anglo-Saxon England PDF eBook |
Author | Catherine E. Karkov |
Publisher | Boydell Press |
Total Pages | 198 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9781843831945 |
The cross pervaded the whole of Anglo-Saxon culture, in art, in sculpture, in religion, in medicine. These new essays explore its importance and significance.
The Cross in the Life and Literature of the Anglo-Saxons
Title | The Cross in the Life and Literature of the Anglo-Saxons PDF eBook |
Author | William Oliver Stevens |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 120 |
Release | 1904 |
Genre | Cross and crosses |
ISBN |
Heaven and Earth in Anglo-Saxon England
Title | Heaven and Earth in Anglo-Saxon England PDF eBook |
Author | Helen Foxhall Forbes |
Publisher | Routledge |
Total Pages | 411 |
Release | 2016-04-22 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1317123077 |
Christian theology and religious belief were crucially important to Anglo-Saxon society, and are manifest in the surviving textual, visual and material evidence. This is the first full-length study investigating how Christian theology and religious beliefs permeated society and underpinned social values in early medieval England. The influence of the early medieval Church as an institution is widely acknowledged, but Christian theology itself is generally considered to have been accessible only to a small educated elite. This book shows that theology had a much greater and more significant impact than has been recognised. An examination of theology in its social context, and how it was bound up with local authorities and powers, reveals a much more subtle interpretation of secular processes, and shows how theological debate affected the ways that religious and lay individuals lived and died. This was not a one-way flow, however: this book also examines how social and cultural practices and interests affected the development of theology in Anglo-Saxon England, and how ’popular’ belief interacted with literary and academic traditions. Through case-studies, this book explores how theological debate and discussion affected the personal perspectives of Christian Anglo-Saxons, including where possible those who could not read. In all of these, it is clear that theology was not detached from society or from the experiences of lay people, but formed an essential constituent part.
Cross and Culture in Anglo-Saxon England
Title | Cross and Culture in Anglo-Saxon England PDF eBook |
Author | Karen Louise Jolly |
Publisher | WV Medieveal European Studies |
Total Pages | 378 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
The Art of Anglo-Saxon England
Title | The Art of Anglo-Saxon England PDF eBook |
Author | Catherine E. Karkov |
Publisher | Boydell Press |
Total Pages | 350 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 1843836289 |
Providing a fresh appraisal of the art of Anglo-Saxon England, this text looks at its influence upon the creation of an identity as a nation.
Cross and Cruciform in the Anglo-Saxon World
Title | Cross and Cruciform in the Anglo-Saxon World PDF eBook |
Author | Sarah Larratt Keefer |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 422 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
"This volume makes valuable contributions and should appeal not only to Anglo-Saxonists but also to those with interests in early medieval intellectual and cultural history, liturgy, and iconography."---Nicole Guenther Discenza, University of South Florida --
Ritual and the Rood
Title | Ritual and the Rood PDF eBook |
Author | Éamonn Ó Carragáin |
Publisher | University of Toronto Press |
Total Pages | 492 |
Release | 2005-01-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780802090089 |
In bringing together these scattered witnesses to the sustained brilliance of Anglo-Saxon artistic achievement across several centuries, ?amonn ? Carrag?in has produced a study of great significance to Anglo-Saxon history.