Conversion and Colonization in Anglo-Saxon England

✍ Scribed by Catherine E. Karkov; Nicholas Howe

Publisher: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Year: 2006
Tongue: English
Leaves: 267
Series: Essays in Anglo-Saxon Studies
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Contents:
Introduction / Nicholas Howe and Catherine E. Karkov --
From British to English Christianity : deconstructing Bede's interpretation of the conversion / Nicholas Brooks --
High style and borrowed finery : the strood mount, the long --
Wittenham stoup, and the Boss Hall brooch as complex responses to continental visual culture / Carol Neuman de Vegvar --
Changing faces : leprosy in Anglo-Saxon England / Christina Lee --
A map of the universe : geography and cosmology in the program of Alfred the great / Nicole Guenther Discenza --
"Old names of kings or shadows" : reading documentary lists / Jacqueline Stodnick --
Colonization and conversion in Cynewulf's Elene / Heide Estes --
Making women visible : an adaptation of the regularis concordia in Cambridge, Corpus Christi College MS. 201 / Joyce Hill --
Architectural metaphors and christological imagery in the advent lyrics : Benedictine propaganda in the Exeter Book? / Mercedes Salvador --
End time and the date of Voluspá : two models of conversion / Richard North.

✦ Table of Contents

Table of Contents
Abbreviations
List of Figures
Introduction
From British to English Christianity: Deconstructing Bede’s Interpretation of the Conversion
High Style and Borrowed Finery: The Strood Mount, the Long Wittenham Stoup, and the Boss Hall Brooch as Complex Responses to Continental Visual Culture
Changing Faces: Leprosy in Anglo-Saxon England
A Map of the Universe: Geography and Cosmology in the Program of Alfred the Great
“Old Names of Kings or Shadows”: Reading Documentary Lists
Colonization and Conversion in Cynewulf’s Elene
Making Women Visible: An Adaptation of the Regularis Concordia in Cambridge, Corpus Christi College MS. 201
Architectural Metaphors and Christological Imagery in the Advent Lyrics: Benedictine Propaganda in the Exeter Book
End Time and the Date of Voluspa: Two Models of Conversion
Index

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