The Material Culture of Daily Living in the Anglo-Saxon World

By: Maren Clegg Hyer (Editor), Gale R. Owen-Crocker (Editor)

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Hardcover | 1 June 2011

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398 Pages

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Many lost technologies, which were in use in the Anglo-Saxon world, were as important as electric appliances are today. It is difficult to form an understanding of the historical and cultural background of the Anglo-Saxons without such knowledge, and textual references to such lost technologies lose their resonance unless read through the material culture underpinning them.

This book introduces serious students of Anglo-Saxon culture to selected aspects of the realities of Anglo-Saxon life through reference to artefacts and textual sources. Everyday practices and processes are investigated, such as the exploitation of animals for clothing, meat, cheese and parchment; manufacturing processes behind metalwork; and the practicalities of living with illness or disability.

Articles collected in this edition illuminate how an understanding of the material culture of the daily Anglo-Saxon world can inform reading and scholarship in Anglo-Saxon studies. Scholarly and practical material presented inform one another, making this edition accessible to any reader seriously interested in England in the early Middle Ages.

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This volume provides a helpful, clear, and practical overview of the key sites and objects in the Anglo-Saxon repertoire. It will be a valuable introductory textbook to the ways in which a knowledge of the physical evidence can enhance literary and historical readings of the period.

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