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What scientific observations is Bede likely to have brought to bear on the Easter controversy? What interest did the Anglo-Saxons take in precious stones and what did they know about them? Are heroic values rejected in one of Cynewulf's poems? What was Anglo-Saxon carpentry like? These are among the questions taken up in this volume. Observations to determine the day of the equinox in Bede's Northumbria; Anglo-Saxon lapidary knowledge (particularly in the Old English Lapidary); lists of saints' resting-places as an aspect of the cult of saints in the intellectual and social life of Anglo-Saxon England; the symbolism of the Pacx/Pax/Paxs coin legend; the construction of some wooden roofs, walls, floors, window-frames, doors and, especially, the frame of a spire: these topics are subjected to keen examination – the last an often neglected line of enquiry. In the field of vernacular poetry there are analyses of the Beowulf poet's artistic point of view when treating his hero's relationship to the W

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Book category Books in English Humanities History Regional & national history

• Full title: Anglo-Saxon England
• Author: Peter Clemoes
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320
• EAN: 9780521038645
• ISBN: 0521038642
• ID: 02019663
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 483 g
• Dimensions: 228 × 152 × 17 mm
• Date of publishing: 11. October 2007

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