Anglo-Saxon England: Volume 44
Cambridge University Press, 2/2/2017
EAN 9781107147171, ISBN10: 1107147174
Hardcover, 358 pages, 23.3 x 15.5 x 2.2 cm
Language: English
The forty-fourth volume of Anglo-Saxon England contains three contributions on religious culture in eighth-century Northumbria, one discussing the conception of church buildings, one linking Bede and John of Beverley, and a comparison of Miracula Nynie episcopi and Arator. A discussion of the historical context of the battle of the Winwœd is complemented by a reconsideration of a literary work which influenced modern perceptions of King Edward the Confessor. Old English prose is represented by an analysis of the preface of Bede's Ecclesiastical History, and an examination of Ælfric's treatment of the apostles. Old English poetry is covered by a contribution making the case for a new approach to the texts, and one addressing the riddles in the Exeter Book. This volume also covers military organization throughout the period, the practice of penance in the late eleventh century, and the discovery of an Anglo-Saxon hoard near Buckingham in 2014.
1. The road to Winwœd? Penda's wars against Oswiu of Bernicia, c.642 to c.655 Philip Dunshea
2. Domino in domino dominorum
Bede and John of Beverley Frederick Biggs
3. The Preface to the Old English Bede
authorship, transmission and connection with the West Saxon Genealogical Regnal List Greg Waite
4. Old English poetry, verse by verse Eric Weiskott
5. The Exeter Book Riddles
authorship and transmission Peter Orton
6. Dynamic intertextuality in the Miracula Nynie episcopi
remembering Arator's Historia apostolica Richard Hillier
7. Ælfric's apostles Hugh Magennis
8. The cleansing of the temple in early medieval Northumbria Conor O'Brien
9. Explaining Anglo-Saxon military efficiency
the landscape of mobilization John Baker and Stuart Brookes
10. The date and authorship of the Vita Ædwardi regis Tom Licence
11. A hoard from the reign of Cnut from Buckinghamshire
a preliminary report Gareth Williams
12. A new Agnus Dei / Last Small Cross mule Simon Keynes and Rory Naismith
13. Affective piety and the practice of penance in late eleventh-century Worcester
the address to the penitent in Oxford, Bodleian Library, Junius 121 Helen Foxhall Forbes.