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Perceptions of the prehistoric in Anglo-Saxon England. Religion, ritual, and rulership in the landscape /

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0191505609 (electronic bk.)

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9780191505607 (electronic bk.)

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0199683107

Erroneous ISBN

9780199683109

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Perceptions of the prehistoric in Anglo-Saxon England. Religion, ritual, and rulership in the landscape /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

Sarah Semple.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (400 pages)

Series Title

Medieval History and Archaeology

Text of Note

Perceptions of the Prehistoric in Anglo-Saxon England represents an unparalleled exploration of the place of prehistoric monuments in the Anglo-Saxon psyche, and examines how Anglo-Saxon communities perceived and used these monuments during the period AD 400-1100. Sarah Semple employs archaeological, historical, art historical, and literary sources to study the variety of ways in which the early medieval population of England used the prehistoric legacy in the landscape, exploring it from temporal and geographic perspectives. Key to the arguments and ideas presented is the premise that populations used these remains, intentionally and knowingly, in the articulation and manipulation of their identities: local, regional, political, and religious. They recognized them as ancient features, as human creations from a distant past. They used them as landmarks, battle sites, and estate markers, giving them new Old English names.

Title

Perceptions of the prehistoric in Anglo-Saxon England. Religion, ritual, and rulership in the landscape

International Standard Book Number

9780199683109

Antiquities-- Social aspects-- England-- History-- To 1500.

Civilization, Anglo-Saxon.

Rites and ceremonies-- England-- History-- To 1500.

England, Antiquities.

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Book number

Semple, Sarah,1973-

Date of Transaction

20140529125610.0

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