Trees and Timber in the Anglo-Saxon World
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 3 October 2013
- ISBN 9780199680795
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages272 pages
- Size 248x178x21 mm
- Weight 714 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 39 black and white figures/illustrations 0
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Short description:
The very first collection of essays written about the role of trees in early medieval England, bringing together established specialists and new voices to present an interdisciplinary insight into the complex relationship between the early English and their woodlands.
MoreLong description:
Trees were of fundamental importance in Anglo-Saxon society. Anglo-Saxons dwelt in timber houses, relied on woodland as an economic resource, and created a material culture of wood which was at least as meaningfully-imbued, and vastly more prevalent, than the sculpture and metalwork with which we associate them today. Trees held a central place in Anglo-Saxon belief systems, which carried into the Christian period, not least in the figure of the cross itself. Despite this, the transience of trees and timber in comparison to metal and stone has meant that the subject has received comparatively little attention from scholars.
Trees and Timber in the Anglo-Saxon World constitutes the very first collection of essays written about the role of trees in early medieval England, bringing together established specialists and new voices to present an interdisciplinary insight into the complex relationship between the early English and their woodlands. The woodlands of England were not only deeply rooted in every aspect of Anglo-Saxon material culture, as a source of heat and light, food and drink, wood and timber for the construction of tools, weapons, and materials, but also in their spiritual life, symbolic vocabulary, and sense of connection to their beliefs and heritage. These essays do not merely focus on practicalities, such as carpentry techniques and the extent of woodland coverage, but rather explore the place of trees and timber in the intellectual lives of the early medieval inhabitants of England, using evidence from archaeology, place-names, landscapes, and written sources.
Overall, this is a fascinating collection, and the editors are to be congratulated on bringing together such an interdisciplinary group of scholars, and maintaining such a tight focus throughout.
Table of Contents:
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An Introduction to Trees and Timber in the Anglo-Saxon World
Timber in Anglo-Saxon building practice
Meanings of Timber and Stone in Anglo-Saxon Building Practice
The Sophistication of Late Anglo-Saxon Timber Buildings
References to Timber Building Materials in Old English Place-Names
Perceptions of Wood and Wooden Objects
The Wooden Drinking Vessels in the Sutton Hoo Assemblage: Materials, Morphology and Usage
The Exeter Book Riddles' Precarious Insights into Wooden Artefacts
Brungen of Bearwe: Ploughing Common Furrows in Exeter Book Riddle 21, The Dream of the Rood, and the Æcerbot Charm
Breaking the Mould: Solving the Old English Riddle 12 as Wudu 'Wood'
Trees and Woodland in Anglo-Saxon Belief
What is a 'World Tree', and Should We Expect to Find One Growing in Anglo-Saxon England?
Holy Beams: Anglo-Saxon Cult Sites and the Place-Name Element Beam
Recasting the Role of Sacred Trees in Anglo-Saxon Spiritual History: the South Sandbach Cross 'Ancestors of Christ' Panel in its Cultural Contexts
Christianity and the 'Sacred Tree'
