The Place Of The Cross In Anglo-Saxon England (Pubns Manchester Centre For Anglo-Saxon Studies) (Volume 4)

The Place of the Cross in Anglo-Saxon England (Pubns Manchester Centre for Anglo-Saxon Studies) (Volume 4)

Product Description The cross in early medieval England was so ubiquitous as to become invisible to the modern eye: it played an innovative role in Anglo-Saxon culture, evident in art, architecture, material culture, literature, ritual, medicine, and popular practice. The essays in this volume move us from the place of the cross in the origins of Anglo-Saxon England and the Anglo-Saxon church, to its place in the expansion of the early Anglo-Saxon kingdoms both within and beyond England. They reach back to the sources, both material and textual, of Early Christian Rome and Jerusalem, and forward to the visionary cross of the Last Judgement. Perhaps most importantly, throughout they challenge existing notions of the development of Anglo-Saxon sculpture, the patronage and audiences of Anglo-Saxon texts, the use of sources, physical and cultural geography and the Anglo-Saxon imagination. In doing so they make important contributions not only to our understanding of Anglo-Saxon England and the place of the cross within it, but also to our understanding of the place of Anglo-Saxon England within the medieval world. CATHERINE E. KARKOV is Professor of Art at Miami University. SARAH L. KEEFER is Professor of English at Trent University. KAREN L. JOLLY is Associate Professor of History at the University of Hawaii Manoa. Contributors: IAN WOOD, ELIZABETH COATSWORTH, ALEXANDER R. RUMBLE, INGE B. MILFULL, KAREN LOUISE JOLLY, DAVID F. JOHNSON, KAROLYN KINANE, JANE ROBERTS, CALVIN B. KENDALL, ELAINE TREHARNE, NICHOLAS J. HIGHAM. Review The editors (.) are to be commended for the high standard the essays in this collection set for future studies in the field. (.) This collection (.) will be mandatory reading for anyone interested in the devotional culture of, and especially the culture of the cross in, Anglo-Saxon England. JOURNAL OF ENGLISH AND GERMAN PHILOLOGY There is no doubting the richness and range of the learning revealed in these papers or the case they make that the cross was of great importance in Anglo-Saxon England.(...)A very worthwhile and interesting book. ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW A wide-ranging and stimulating collection. TOEBI NEWSLETTERMakes significant points and challenges existing views. NORTHERN HISTORY