Michael D. J. Bintley, Thomas J. T. Williams

Representing Beasts in Early Medieval England and Scandinavia

Herausgeber: Bintley, Michael; Williams, Thomas J T

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Essays on the depiction of animals, birds and insects in early medieval material culture, from texts to carvings to the landscape itself.

Produktdetails

• Anglo-Saxon Studies
• Verlag: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juli 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 167mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 642g
• ISBN-13: 9781783270088
• ISBN-10: 178327008X
• Artikelnr.: 41802778

Autorenporträt

Michael D.J. Bintley, Thomas J.T. Williams

Inhaltsangabe

Representing Beasts in Early Medieval England and Scandinavia: an Introduction
Michael D.J. Bintley and Thomas J.T. Williams Between Myth and Reality: Hunter and Prey in Early Anglo
Saxon Art
Noël Adams '(Swinger of) the Serpent of Wounds': Swords and Snakes in the Viking Mind
Sue Brunning Wreoþenhilt ond wyrmfah: Confronting Serpents in Beowulf and Beyond
Victoria Symons The Ravens on the Lejre Throne: Avian Identifiers, Odin at Home, Farm Ravens
Marijane Osborn Beowulf's Blithe
Hearted Raven
Eric Lacey Do Anglo
Saxons Dream of Exotic Sheep?
László Sándor Chardonnens You Sexy Beast: The Pig in a Villa in Vandalic North Africa and Boar
Cults in Old Germanic Heathendom
Richard North 'For the Sake of Bravado in the Wilderness': Confronting the Bestial in Anglo
Saxon Warfare
Thomas J.T. Williams Where the Wild Things Are in Old English Poetry
Michael D.J. Bintley Entomological Etymologies: Creepy
Crawlies in English Place
Names
John Baker Beasts, Birds and Other Creatures in Pre
Conquest Charters and Place
Names in England
Della Hooke