Early Anglo-Saxon cemeteries : : kinship, community and mortuary space /

Early Anglo-Saxon cemeteries : : kinship, community and mortuary space / / Duncan Sayer.

Early Anglo-Saxon cemeteries are known for their grave goods, but this abundance obscures their interest as the creations of pluralistic, multi-generational communities. This book explores over one hundred early Anglo-Saxon and Merovingian cemeteries, using a multi-dimensional methodology to move be...

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Sayer, Duncan,
Place / Publishing House:Manchester, England : : Manchester University Press,, 2020.
Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (250 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • 1 Negotiating early Anglo-Saxon cemetery space
  • 2 The syntax of cemetery space
  • 3 Mortuary metre
  • 4 The grammar of graves
  • 5 Intonation on the individual
  • 6 Early Anglo-Saxon community
  • Afterword
  • Index.

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