Anglo-Saxon deviant burial customs /
Anglo-Saxon Deviant Burial Customs is the first detailed consideration of the ways in which Anglo-Saxon society dealt with social outcasts. Beginning with the period following Roman rule and ending in the century following the Norman Conquest, it surveys a period of fundamental social change, which...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2009.
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| Series: | Medieval history and archaeology.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Anglo-Saxon Deviant Burial Customs is the first detailed consideration of the ways in which Anglo-Saxon society dealt with social outcasts. Beginning with the period following Roman rule and ending in the century following the Norman Conquest, it surveys a period of fundamental social change, which included the conversion to Christianity, the emergence of the late Saxon state, and the development of the landscape of the Domesday Book. While an impressive body of written evidence for the period survives in the form of charters and law-codes, archaeology is uniquely placed to investigate the ear. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 324 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 282-312) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191567650 0191567655 0199544557 9780199544554 |