Medievalists.net » Anglo-Saxon http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 19:35:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 The Religious Reuse of Roman Structures in Anglo-Saxon England http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/02/the-religious-reuse-of-roman-structures-in-anglo-saxon-england/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/02/the-religious-reuse-of-roman-structures-in-anglo-saxon-england/#comments Wed, 02 Dec 2015 21:26:37 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62944 The study examines burials associated with Roman structures, and churches on or near Roman buildings, to demonstrate that the physical remains of Roman structures had a significant impact on the religious landscape of Anglo-Saxon England despite the apparent discontinuity between many Roman and early-medieval landscapes.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/02/the-religious-reuse-of-roman-structures-in-anglo-saxon-england/feed/ 0 Early Medieval Celtic Art in Britain and Ireland: A Curator’s Perspective http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/27/early-medieval-celtic-art-in-britain-and-ireland-a-curators-perspective/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/27/early-medieval-celtic-art-in-britain-and-ireland-a-curators-perspective/#comments Fri, 27 Nov 2015 14:00:57 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62816 Martin Golberg, Senior Curator at the National Museums of Scotland, travelled to the British Museum to give audiences perspective on the various pieces in the exhibit as well as an introduction to what constitutes “Celtic” art.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/27/early-medieval-celtic-art-in-britain-and-ireland-a-curators-perspective/feed/ 0 The Anglo-Saxon Age: The Birth of England http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/24/the-anglo-saxon-age-the-birth-of-england/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/24/the-anglo-saxon-age-the-birth-of-england/#comments Wed, 25 Nov 2015 03:16:52 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62733 Martin Wall takes us on a journey into a period that still remains mysterious, into regions and countries long forgotten, such as Mercia and Northumbria.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/24/the-anglo-saxon-age-the-birth-of-england/feed/ 0 Making the Medieval Relevant: Crossing Boundaries: Interdisciplinary Studies on Disease and Disability http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/20/making-the-medieval-relevant-crossing-boundaries-interdisciplinary-studies-on-disease-and-disability/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/20/making-the-medieval-relevant-crossing-boundaries-interdisciplinary-studies-on-disease-and-disability/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2015 14:44:38 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62643 A summary of a paper given by Professor Christina Lee at the University of Nottingham's "Making the Medieval Relevant" Conference.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/20/making-the-medieval-relevant-crossing-boundaries-interdisciplinary-studies-on-disease-and-disability/feed/ 0 National-Ethnic Narratives in Eleventh-Century Literary Representations of Cnut http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/16/national-ethnic-narratives-in-eleventh-century-literary-representations-of-cnut/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/16/national-ethnic-narratives-in-eleventh-century-literary-representations-of-cnut/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2015 17:48:06 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62566 This article takes literary representations of Cnut, the Danish conqueror of England, as a case study of the construction of English identity in the eleventh century.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/16/national-ethnic-narratives-in-eleventh-century-literary-representations-of-cnut/feed/ 0 Recycling in Britain after the Fall of Rome’s Metal Economy http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/12/recycling-in-britain-after-the-fall-of-romes-metal-economy/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/12/recycling-in-britain-after-the-fall-of-romes-metal-economy/#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2015 22:38:15 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62498 In actual fact, the bulk of contemporary evidence — which happens to be material rather than textual — clearly argues that the people of fifth- and early sixth-century eastern Britain were much more involved in subsistence agriculture than warfare, and that most people during much of this period lived in highly circumscribed worlds in a ranked, rather than a steeply hierarchical, society

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/12/recycling-in-britain-after-the-fall-of-romes-metal-economy/feed/ 0 Monsters and the Exotic in Early Medieval England http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/28/monsters-and-the-exotic-in-early-medieval-england/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/28/monsters-and-the-exotic-in-early-medieval-england/#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2015 18:26:56 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62092 The dominant literate culture of early medieval England – male, European, and Christian – often represented itself through comparison to exotic beings and monsters, in traditions developed from native mythologies, and Classical and Biblical sources.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/28/monsters-and-the-exotic-in-early-medieval-england/feed/ 0 Livestock and animal husbandry in early medieval England http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/07/livestock-and-animal-husbandry-in-early-medieval-england/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/07/livestock-and-animal-husbandry-in-early-medieval-england/#comments Wed, 07 Oct 2015 17:47:23 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=61639 Major themes in the zooarchaeological record regarding livestock and animal husbandry in England from the 5th to 11th Centuries AD are reviewed.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/07/livestock-and-animal-husbandry-in-early-medieval-england/feed/ 0 The Sense of Time in Anglo-Saxon England http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/26/the-sense-of-time-in-anglo-saxon-england/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/26/the-sense-of-time-in-anglo-saxon-england/#comments Sat, 26 Sep 2015 15:43:19 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=61357 Much has been written about how the Anglo- Saxons measured time, but relatively little about why, or in what circumstances. When did it seem important to note the year or the month, the day or the hour?

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/26/the-sense-of-time-in-anglo-saxon-england/feed/ 0 Capital and Corporal Punishment in Anglo-Saxon England http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/11/capital-and-corporal-punishment-in-anglo-saxon-england/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/11/capital-and-corporal-punishment-in-anglo-saxon-england/#comments Sat, 12 Sep 2015 04:01:49 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=61007 Jay Gates, Nicole Marafioti and Valerie Allen speak about Capital and Corporal Punishment in Anglo-Saxon England

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