Anglo-Saxon England [Paperback]

The Anglo-Saxons' sense of the past, their colour vocabulary and their ties of kinship are among the topics considered in this third volume.The Anglo-Saxons' sense of the past, their colour vocabulary and their ties of kinship are among the topics considered in this third volume. Evidence for contemporary ecclesiastical architecture is extracted from an Anglo-Latin poem and evidence for the post-Conquest Anglo-Saxon emigration to Byzantium from an Icelandic saga.The Anglo-Saxons' sense of the past, their colour vocabulary and their ties of kinship are among the topics considered in this third volume. Evidence for contemporary ecclesiastical architecture is extracted from an Anglo-Latin poem and evidence for the post-Conquest Anglo-Saxon emigration to Byzantium from an Icelandic saga.The Anglo-Saxons' sense of the past, their colour vocabulary and their ties of kinship are among the topics considered in this third volume. Evidence for contemporary ecclesiastical architecture is extracted from an Anglo-Latin poem and evidence for the post-Conquest Anglo-Saxon emigration to Byzantium from an Icelandic saga. A prominent critic of Old English literature provides a reconsideration of The Seafarer. A review article surveys the work of the previous twenty years on Anglo-Saxon charters. The bibliography lists all books, articles and significant reviews published in any branch of Anglo-Saxon studies during 1973.List of figures; Preface; 1. Cross-Channel language ties R. Derolez; 2. Old English colour classification: where do matters stand? Nigel F. Barley; 3. Germanic and Roman antiquity and the sense of the past in Anglo-Saxon England Michael Hunter; 4. The influence of the catechetical narratio on Old English and some other medieval literature Virginia Day; 5. The concept of the hall in Old English poetry Kathryn Hume; 6. Second thoughts on the interpretation of The Seafarer John C. Pope; 7. God's presence through grace as the theme of Cynewulf's Christ II and the relationsl“}