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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Early Medieval England"”.
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Heavenly choirs in early medieval England: A study of topoi in their contexts
… choirs of angels and righteous souls from their early manifestations in the Bible and late antique texts through to their ramifications in Anglo-Saxon and early Anglo-Norman England (up to 1116). It does so by tracing changes in topoi, commonplaces that form part of the fabric of visions, …
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Deixis, movement, and power in Old English literature: Perceptions of space in early medieval England
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Challenges in Reconstructing Past Exploitations of Atlantic Cod: A Zooarchaeological Case Study from Early Medieval England
… analysis of fish bone assemblages from early medieval England. Comprehensive evidence is presented of coastal and pelagic fishing of larger bodied, healthier populations in England from the 8th cent.CE, pushing back the assumed rise in marine fishing commonly referred to as the ‘Fish …
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The Appeal and Reception of the Legend of Saint Eustace in Early Medieval England and Medieval Scandinavia
… saint’s life which was widely circulated in medieval Europe, but has received relatively little scholarly attention beyond its roots in folklore and the sources used in vernacular translations. This is especially the case for its reflexes that can be linked to tenth-century England and …
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‘Arabic Astrology’ in Early Medieval England? A Re-Examination of Prognostics and Planetary Knowledge in Three Winchester Manuscripts, c. 1023-1060
… whether some form of astrology was practiced in early Medieval England often engage with textual ‘tools’ known as ‘prognostics’. Prognostics range from lists of ‘lucky’ or ‘unlucky’ calendar days to weather omens to prescribed activities according to the lunar cycle. Some scholars have questioned …
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‘Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you who you are’: A Multi-Tissue and Multi-Scalar Isotopic Study of Diet and Mobility in Early Medieval England and its European Neighbours
… political and environmental shifts on Early Medieval communities, specifically England and its links with continental Europe. I have utilised multi-tissue (bone, dentine and enamel), multi-isotope (δ13C, δ15N, δ18O and 87/86Sr) and multi-proxy data to analyse the lifeways of people in …
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Cosmetic Theology in England, c. 650–1100: Aldhelm of Malmesbury, the Venerable Bede, and Goscelin of St Bertin
This thesis examines the concept of modesty in England, between the seventh and eleventh centuries, and analyses the influence of late antique literature on medieval English depictions of dress and adornment. In late antiquity, Christian moralists told women that the very salvation of their souls …
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From Mildrith to Muriel: networks of early English women’s literacy and collaborative literate production in the past and present
This dissertation posits that medieval scriptoria and the modern-day writing center have a shared history and shared practices. No architectural evidence for scriptoria has survived from early medieval England. What we do possess is manuscript evidence and small archaeological finds for scriptoria …
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Intellectual Networks and Royal Legitimacy: Religious Intellectuals and English Kings Between Conversion and the Rise of Wessex
<p>The early Middles Ages were a politically unstable period in Western Europe. No single king had a secure claim to the legitimacy of their rule, with usurption and military conquest making claims to legitimacy difficult to defend. England between the Augustinian mission (ca. 597) and the rule of …
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Health in the medieval world: Regionality and the bioarchaeology of Ireland and Britain
This study assesses regional health patterns in early medieval Ireland and Britain by analysing and interpreting palaeopathological indicators of stress. This was achieved by incorporating the results of demographic and palaeopathological study into the specific historical contexts. Although …