Trees in Anglo-Saxon England : Literature, Lore and Landscape
Della. Hooke
Bok Engelsk 2011 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Woodbridge : : Boydell & Brewer, , 2011.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (324 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Frontcover; CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND TABLES; PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; PART I: Tree Symbolism; 1 Trees and Groves in Pre-Christian Belief; 2 Christianity and the Sacred Tree; 3 Trees in Literature; 4 Trees, Mythology and National Consciousness: into the Future; PART II: Trees and Woodland in the Anglo-Saxon Landscape; 5 The Nature and Distribution of Anglo-Saxon Woodland; 6 The Use of Anglo-Saxon Woodland: Place-Name and Charter Evidence; 7 Trees in the Landscape; PART III: Individual Tree Species in Anglo-Saxon England. - 8 Trees of Wood-Pasture and 'Ancient Countryside'9 Trees of Wet Places in Early Medieval Records: Alder and Willow; 10 Trees of Open or Planned Countryside; 11 Other Trees Noted in Charters and Early Place-Names; 12 Trees not Readily Apparent in the Early Medieval Written Record; EPILOGUE; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; Backcover. - A powerful exploration of trees in both the real and the imagined Anglo-Saxon landscape.
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| ISBN | 9781843835653
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