Essays from the conference on Sutton Hoo jointly sponsored by the Center for Ancient Studies and the Center for Medieval Studies at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, in May 1989.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Sutton Hoo and early medieval northern Europe / Calvin B. Kendall and Peter S. Wells -- The Sutton Hoo objects. The nature of the Sutton Hoo coin parcel / Alan M. Stahl -- Sutton Hoo : an economic assessment / Edward Schoenfeld and Jana Schulman -- Sutton Hoo art : two millennia of history / Gloria Polizzotti Greis and Michael N. Geselowitz -- Sutton Hoo and Beowulf. Beowulf and Sutton Hoo : the odd couple / Roberta Frank -- Sutton Hoo and the recording of Beowulf / Robert Payson Creed -- Sutton Hoo and Anglo-Saxon history. The impact of the Sutton Hoo discovery on the study of Anglo-Saxon history / James Campbell -- Raedwald the Bretwalda / Simon Keynes -- Sidereal time in Anglo-Saxon England / Wesley M. Stevens -- Sutton Hoo and archaeology. Princely burial in Scandinavia at the time of the conversion / Else Roesdahl -- The archaeology of Danish commercial centers / Henrik M. Jansen -- The future of Sutton Hoo / Martin Carver.
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A fascinating exploration of pagan Anglo-Saxon culture-a world caught on the boundary between competing ideologies and contrasting social systems.
Beowulf.
Beowulf.
Beowulf.
Anglo-Saxons-- England-- Suffolk.
Anglo-Saxons-- Kings and rulers-- Death and burial.
Excavations (Archaeology)-- England-- Suffolk.
Ship burials-- England-- Suffolk.
Ships, Medieval-- England-- Suffolk.
Angelsaksen.
Anglo-Saxons-- Kings and rulers-- Death and burial.