Studies in Early Medieval Britain and Ireland: Studies in Early Medieval Britain and Ireland
About the Book Series
Studies in Early Medieval Britain and Ireland illuminates the history of Britain and Ireland from the start of the fifth century to the establishment of French-speaking aristocracies in the eleventh and twelfth centuries, for historians, archaeologists, philologists, literary, visual and cultural scholars. It explores the origins of British society, of communities, and political, administrative and ecclesiastical institutions. It was in the early middle ages that the English, Welsh, Scots and Irish defined and distinguished themselves in language, customs and territory and the successive conquests and settlements lent distinctive Anglo-Saxon, Scandinavian and Norman elements to the British ethnic mix. Royal dynasties were established and the landscape took a form that can still be recognised today; it was then too that Christian churches were established with lasting results for our cultural, moral, legal and intellectual horizons. Studies in Early Medieval Britain and Ireland reveals these roots and makes them accessible to a wide readership of scholars, students and lay people.
To enquire about the series please contact the series editors: Joanna Story ([email protected]) and Roy Flechner ([email protected])
Early Medieval Studies in Memory of Patrick Wormald
1st Edition
Edited
By Stephen Baxter, Catherine Karkov, Janet L. Nelson, David Pelteret
March 06, 2017
Patrick Wormald was a brilliant interpreter of the Early Middle Ages, whose teaching, writings and generous friendship inspired a generation of historians and students of politics, law, language, literature and religion to focus their attention upon the world of the Anglo-Saxons and the Franks. ...
Women's Names in Old English
1st Edition
By Elisabeth Okasha
November 28, 2016
This monograph provides an in-depth study into the issue of vernacular names in Old English documents. Specifically, it challenges the generally accepted notion that the sex of an individual is definitively indicated by the grammatical gender of their name. In the case of di-thematic names, the ...
Sustaining Belief: The Church of Worcester from c.870 to c.1100
1st Edition
By Francesca Tinti
September 02, 2016
This book reconstructs the late Anglo-Saxon history of the church of Worcester, covering the period between Bishops Waerferth and Wulfstan II. Starting with an examination of the episcopal succession and the relations between bishops and cathedral community, the volume moves on to consider the ...
Carolingian Connections: Anglo-Saxon England and Carolingian Francia, c. 750–870
1st Edition
By Joanna Story
April 28, 2003
The Anglo-Saxon influence on the Carolingian world has long been recognised by historians of the early medieval period. Wilhelm Levison, in particular, has drawn attention to the importance of the Anglo-Saxon contribution to the cultural and ecclesiastical development of Carolingian Francia in the...
Veiled Women: Volume I: The Disappearance of Nuns from Anglo-Saxon England
1st Edition
By Sarah Foot
June 21, 2000
There is no published account of the history of religious women in England before the Norman Conquest. Yet, female saints and abbesses, such as Hild of Whitby or Edith of Wilton, are among the most celebrated women recorded in Anglo-Saxon sources and their stories are of popular interest. This book...
Veiled Women: Volume II: Female Religious Communities in England, 871–1066
1st Edition
By Sarah Foot
June 21, 2000
There is no published account of the history of religious women in England before the Norman Conquest. Yet, female saints and abbesses, such as Hild of Whitby or Edith of Wilton, are among the most celebrated women recorded in Anglo-Saxon sources and their stories are of popular interest. This book...