Del 29 - Anglo-Saxon Studies

Representing Beasts in Early Medieval England and Scandinavia

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

AvMichael Bintley,Thomas J.T. Williams,Dr Michael (Royalty Account) Bintley,Thomas J.T. (Contributor) Williams,Thomas J. T. Williams,Michael D J Bintley,Thomas J T Williams

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Essays on the depiction of animals, birds and insects in early medieval material culture, from texts to carvings to the landscape itself.For people in the early Middle Ages, the earth, air, water and ether teemed with other beings. Some of these were sentient creatures that swam, flew, slithered or stalked through the same environments inhabited by their human contemporaries. Others were objects that a modern beholder would be unlikely to think of as living things, but could yet be considered to possess a vitality that rendered them potent. Still others were things half glimpsed on a dark night or seen only in the mind's eye; strange beasts that haunted dreams and visions or inhabited exotic lands beyond the compass of everyday knowledge.This book discusses the various ways in which the early English and Scandinavians thought about and represented these other inhabitants of their world, and considers the multi-faceted nature of the relationship between people and beasts. Drawing on the evidence of material culture, art, language, literature, place-names and landscapes, the studies presented here reveal a world where the boundaries between humans, animals, monsters and objects were blurred and often permeable, and where to represent the bestial could be to holda mirror to the self.MICHAEL D.J. BINTLEY is Lecturer in Early Medieval Literature and Culture at Birkbeck, University of London; THOMAS WILLIAMS is a former curator of Early Medieval Coins at the British Museum.Contributors: Noël Adams, John Baker, Michael D. J. Bintley, Sue Brunning, László Sándor Chardonnens, Della Hooke, Eric Lacey, Richard North, Marijane Osborn, Victoria Symons, Thomas J. Williams

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Utgivningsdatum2019-02-15
Mått156 x 234 x 15 mm
Vikt468 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieAnglo-Saxon Studies
Antal sidor312
FörlagBoydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN9781783273690

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MICHAEL BINTLEY is Associate Professor in Medieval English Literature at the University of Southampton. He is author of Trees in the Religions of Early Medieval England (2015), and Settlements and Strongholds in Early Medieval England: Texts, Landscapes, and Material Culture (2020), and co-author of Landscapes and Environments of the Middle Ages (2023). LÁSZLÓ SÁNDOR CHARDONNENS is senior lecturer of English Philology at Radboud University. MICHAEL BINTLEY is Associate Professor in Medieval English Literature at the University of Southampton. He is author of Trees in the Religions of Early Medieval England (2015), and Settlements and Strongholds in Early Medieval England: Texts, Landscapes, and Material Culture (2020), and co-author of Landscapes and Environments of the Middle Ages (2023). RICHARD NORTH teaches Old and Middle English in UCL, where he has also taught Old Norse. He has published widely on all three literatures, but with a focus on Beowulf, particularly in The Origins of Beowulf: From Vergil to Wiglaf (Oxford, 2006).

Between Myth and Reality: Hunter and Prey in Early Anglo-Saxon Art - Noël Adams'(Swinger of) the Serpent of Wounds': Swords and Snakes in the Viking Mind - Sue BrunningWreoþenhilt ond wyrmfah: Confronting Serpents in Beowulf and Beyond - Victoria SymonsThe Ravens on the Lejre Throne: Avian Identifiers, Odin at Home, Farm Ravens - Marijane OsbornBeowulf's Blithe-Hearted Raven - Eric LaceyDo Anglo-Saxons Dream of Exotic Sheep? - László Sándor ChardonnensYou Sexy Beast: The Pig in a Villa in Vandalic North Africa and Boar-Cults in Old Germanic Heathendom - Richard North'For the Sake of Bravado in the Wilderness': Confronting the Bestial in Anglo-Saxon Warfare - Thomas J.T. WilliamsWhere the Wild Things Are in Old English Poetry - Michael D.J. BintleyEntomological Etymologies: Creepy-Crawlies in English Place-Names - John BakerBeasts, Birds and Other Creatures in Pre-Conquest Charters and Place-Names in England - Della Hooke

An engaging and thought-provoking overview of various types of evidence that shed light on both medieval perceptions of beasts and the often blurred boundaries between them and humans....The varieties of beasts and diverse source materials considered here make this volume valuable not only to those interested in natural history, but also for those interested in medieval allegories for, and expressions of, identity, warfare and the supernatural.

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