Liverpool University Press is pleased to announce the following title is now available in a new paperback edition:
The Material Culture of Daily Living in the Anglo-Saxon World
Edited by Maren Clegg Hyer & Gale R. Owen-Crocker
Series: Exeter Studies in Medieval Europe
Paperback ISBN: 9780859898805,
Paperback price: £25.00
[Hardback published 2011]
A collection which introduces serious students of Anglo-Saxon culture to the realities of everyday Anglo-Saxon life through reference to artefacts and textual sources.
‘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.’
The Medieval Review, 12.10.34, 2012
CONTENTS
List of illustrations
1. Introduction: Material Culture and the Study of Anglo-Saxon England - Maren Glegg Hyer
2. Prelude: Agriculture Through the Year - David Hill
3. The True Staff of Life: The Multiple Roles of Plants - .P.Bigga
4. Steep Vessel, High Horn-ship: Water Transport - Katin Thier
5. 'To eat, to wear, to work': The Place of Sheep and Cattle in the Economy - Christopher Grocock
6. Devil's Crafts and Dragon's Skins? Sheaths, Shoes and Other Leatherwork - Esther Cameron and Quita Mould
7. Chanting upon a Dunghill: Working Skeletal Materials - Ian Riddler and Nicola Trzaska-Nartowski
8. Eath's Treasures: Food and Drink - Christina Lee
9. Woven Works: Making and Using Textiles - Maren Clegg Hyer and Gale R. Owen-Cocker
10. Weland's Work: Metals and Metalsmiths - David A. Hinton
11. 'Seldom ... does the deadly spear rest for long': Weapons and Armour - Gale R.Owen-Cocker
12. Things of This World: Portable Antiquities and Their Potential - Michael Lewis, Andrew Richardson and David Williams
13. Sight, Insight and Hand: Some Reflections on the Design and Manufacture of the Fuller Brooch - Elizabeth Coatsworth and Michael Pinder
14. The Bright Cup: Early Medieval Vessel Glass - Win Stephens
15. Body and Soul: Disease and Impairment - Christina Lee
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LUP Spring 2013 New Titles Catalogue
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