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The Material Culture of Daily Living in the Anglo-Saxon World

Edited by Maren Clegg Hyer and Gale R. Owen-Crocker

The Material Culture of Daily Living in the Anglo-Saxon World
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Edited by Maren Clegg Hyer and Gale R. Owen-Crocker

Distributed for Liverpool University Press

386 pages | 7 x 9 3/4 | © 2011
University of Exeter Press - Exeter Studies in Medieval Europe
Cloth $115.00 ISBN: 9780859898430 Published June 2011 For sale in North and South America only
Paper $45.00 ISBN: 9780859898805 Published June 2013 For sale in North and South America only

In this study of Anglo-Saxon daily life, the editors and contributors detail the exploitation of animals for clothing, meat, and parchment; describe the textiles used for dress and furnishing as well as the ships used for travel, trade, and transport; explain the manufacturing processes behind the production of fine metalwork; and discuss the realities of living with ill health and disability. This book demonstrates that an understanding of the material culture of the Anglo-Saxon world can inform reading and scholarship in all areas of Anglo-Saxon studies.
Contents

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1. Introduction: Material Culture and the Study of Anglo-Saxon England
       Maren Clegg Hyer
2. Prelude: Agriculture Through the Year
       David Hill
3. The True Staff of Life: The Multiple Roles of Plants
       C.P. Biggam
4. Steep Vessel, High Horn-ship: Water Transport
       Katrin Thier
5. ‘To eat, to wear, to work’: The Place of Sheep and Cattle in the Economy
       Christopher Grocock
6. Devil’s Craft and Dragon’s Skins? Sheaths, Shoes and Other Leatherwork
       Esther Cameron and Quita Mould
7. Chanting upon a Dunghill: Working Skeletal Materials
       Ian Riddler and Nicole Trzaska-Nartowski
8. Earth’s Treasures: Food and Drink
       Christina Lee
9. Woven Works: Making and Using Textiles
       Maren Clegg Hyer and Gale R. Owen-Crocker
10. Weland’s Work: Metals and Metalsmiths
       David A. Hinton
11. ‘Seldom . . . does the deadly spear rest for long’: Weapons and Armour
       Gale R. Owen-Crocker
12. Things of This World: Portable Antiques and Their Potential
       Michael Lewis, Andrew Richardson and David Williams
13. Sight, Insight and Hand: Some Reflections on the Design and Manufacture of the Fuller Brooch
       Elizabeth Coatsworth and Michael Pinder
14. The Bright Cup: Early Medieval Vessel Glass
       Win Stephens
15. Body and Soul: Disease and Impairment
       Christina Lee

Notes
Suggested Reading
Index
Notes on Contributors

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