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This volume brings together thirteen essays on aspects of the legal system of Anglo-Saxon England. They represent a programme of research carried out over the last twenty years, offering important insights into the operation of English law from its beginnings in the sixth century through to its preservation in manuscripts dating from the tenth to early twelfth centuries. Part I begins with an overview of the legal corpus, followed by a discussion of the relationship between secular and eccle...
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This three-volume work, published in 1864-6, was edited by Thomas Oswald Cockayne, a Cambridge graduate, much-published early member of the London Philological Society, & teacher of the philologists Walter Skeat & Henry Sweet. It is a collection of writings from pre-Conquest Britain on plants, medicine & the heavens, mostly in Old English with accompanying modern English translations. The preface of Volume 3 discusses questions including the identity of the Anglo-Saxon translator of Bede's De Temporibus & the similarities between Classical & medieval dream-interpretation & divination, & the Victorian penchant for spiritualism & astrology. The texts in this volume include remedies, charms & prayers for the sick, in Latin & Old English, lists of plant names, works on solar & lunar calendars & horoscopes, & explanations of the prophetic meaning of dreams.
Medicine, Medieval --- Anglo-Saxons --- Civilization, Anglo-Saxon --- Medicine. --- Sources. --- Anglo-Saxon civilization --- Medicine, Anglo-Saxon --- Medieval medicine --- Civilization
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Great Britain --- History --- Anglo-Saxon period --- 449-1066
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Anglo-Saxon race. --- Great Britain --- Great Britain --- Colonies. --- Relations
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Great Britain --- History --- Anglo-Saxon period --- 449-1066
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Anglo-Saxon race. --- Great Britain --- Great Britain --- Colonies. --- Relations
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Cities and towns, Medieval --- Anglo-Saxons --- Civilization, Anglo-Saxon. --- Anglo-Saxon civilization --- Saxons --- Medieval cities and towns --- History. --- Social life and customs. --- Social conditions. --- Civilization --- Great Britain --- History
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Civilization, Anglo-Saxon --- Anglo-Saxons --- Civilisation anglo-saxonne --- Anglo-saxons --- Congresses --- Congrès --- Congrès
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This title studies farming in England before the Norman Conquest, in a period before trade was an important way of making a living, exploring what tools and methods were used in Anglo-Saxon farming, what kind of livestock was kept, and what crops were grown.
Agriculture --- Civilization, Anglo-Saxon. --- Civilisation anglo-saxonne --- History --- Histoire --- Great Britain --- Grande-Bretagne --- Engeland.
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