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 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.
Michael Bintley is Lecturer in Early Medieval Literature and Culture at Birkbeck, University of London. Michael Shapland works for the UCL Field Archaeology Unit, Archaeology South-East, where he specialises in historic buildings.
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* List of illustrations * 1: Michael D. J. Bintley and Michael G. Shapland: An Introduction to Trees and Timber in the Anglo-Saxon World * Timber in Anglo-Saxon building practice * 2: Michael G. Shapland: Meanings of Timber and Stone in Anglo-Saxon Building Practice * 3: Mark Gardiner: The Sophistication of Late Anglo-Saxon Timber Buildings * 4: John Baker: References to Timber Building Materials in Old English Place-Names * Perceptions of Wood and Wooden Objects * 5: Martin G. Comey: The Wooden Drinking Vessels in the Sutton Hoo Assemblage: Materials, Morphology and Usage * 6: Jennifer Neville: The Exeter Book Riddles' Precarious Insights into Wooden Artefacts * 7: Michael D. J. Bintley: Brungen of Bearwe: Ploughing Common Furrows in Exeter Book Riddle 21, The Dream of the Rood, and the Æcerbot Charm * 8: Pirkko Koppinen: Breaking the Mould: Solving the Old English Riddle 12 as Wudu 'Wood' * Trees and Woodland in Anglo-Saxon Belief * 9: Clive Tolley: What is a 'World Tree', and Should We Expect to Find One Growing in Anglo-Saxon England? * 10: John Blair: Holy Beams: Anglo-Saxon Cult Sites and the Place-Name Element Beam * 11: Michael D. J. Bintley: Recasting the Role of Sacred Trees in Anglo-Saxon Spiritual History: the South Sandbach Cross 'Ancestors of Christ' Panel in its Cultural Contexts * 12: Della Hooke: Christianity and the 'Sacred Tree'
* List of illustrations * 1: Michael D. J. Bintley and Michael G. Shapland: An Introduction to Trees and Timber in the Anglo-Saxon World * Timber in Anglo-Saxon building practice * 2: Michael G. Shapland: Meanings of Timber and Stone in Anglo-Saxon Building Practice * 3: Mark Gardiner: The Sophistication of Late Anglo-Saxon Timber Buildings * 4: John Baker: References to Timber Building Materials in Old English Place-Names * Perceptions of Wood and Wooden Objects * 5: Martin G. Comey: The Wooden Drinking Vessels in the Sutton Hoo Assemblage: Materials, Morphology and Usage * 6: Jennifer Neville: The Exeter Book Riddles' Precarious Insights into Wooden Artefacts * 7: Michael D. J. Bintley: Brungen of Bearwe: Ploughing Common Furrows in Exeter Book Riddle 21, The Dream of the Rood, and the Æcerbot Charm * 8: Pirkko Koppinen: Breaking the Mould: Solving the Old English Riddle 12 as Wudu 'Wood' * Trees and Woodland in Anglo-Saxon Belief * 9: Clive Tolley: What is a 'World Tree', and Should We Expect to Find One Growing in Anglo-Saxon England? * 10: John Blair: Holy Beams: Anglo-Saxon Cult Sites and the Place-Name Element Beam * 11: Michael D. J. Bintley: Recasting the Role of Sacred Trees in Anglo-Saxon Spiritual History: the South Sandbach Cross 'Ancestors of Christ' Panel in its Cultural Contexts * 12: Della Hooke: Christianity and the 'Sacred Tree'
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