Rites And Religions Of The Anglo Saxons

Author : Gale R. Owen-Crocker
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 228 pages
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Download or read book Rites and Religions of the Anglo-Saxons written by Gale R. Owen-Crocker and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book traces the development of religious beliefs in Anglo-Saxon engliand, an dthe influence of religion upon everyday life. (inside flap.).

Author : Eric Wodening
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781544077130
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book Rites of Anglo-Saxon and Norse Paganism written by Eric Wodening and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-03-05 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Rites of Anglo-Saxon and Norse Paganism Eric Wodening examines Old English, Old Norse, and Icelandic sources to see how the Anglo-Saxons and Scandinavians of the Viking Age performed various rites, including sacrifices, birth rituals, weddings, and funerals.

Author : Marilyn Dunn
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1441119108
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Christianization of the Anglo-Saxons c.597-c.700 written by Marilyn Dunn and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2010-07-26 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This groundbreaking work treats the Christianization of the Anglo-Saxons as a process of religious change and is the first to establish the importance of Christian doctrines and popular intuitions about death and the dead in the transition, focusing on the outbreak of epidemic disease between 664 and 687 as a crucial period for the survival of Christianity in Anglo-Saxon England. It analyzes Anglo-Saxon conceptions of the soul and afterlife as well as traditional mortuary rituals, re-interpreting archaeological evidence to argue that the change from furnished to unfurnished burial in the late seventh and early eighth century demonstrates the success of the church's attempts to counter popular fears that the plague was caused by the return of the dead to carry off the living. The study employs ethnographic comparisons and anthropological theory to further our understanding of pagan Anglo-Saxon deities, ritual and ritual practitioners, and also considers the challenges confronting the Anglo-Saxon church, as it faced not only popular attachment to traditional values and beliefs, but also gendered responses to, or syncretistic constructions of, Christianity.

Author : Swain Wodening
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781450548403
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hammer of the Gods written by Swain Wodening and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2010-02-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hammer of the Gods covers the beliefs, rites, and practices of modern day Anglo-Saxon Heathenry, a pagan religion derived from years of research into the beliefs of the ancient Anglo-Saxons and Norse

Author : David Raoul Wilson
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 9780415018975
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Anglo-Saxon Paganism written by David Raoul Wilson and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1992 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book draws together the varied evidence for the pagan religion of the early Saxons and interprets this evidence. The comprehensive investigation which David Wilson presents has long been needed, since the subject thus far has only been treated in a limited way in articles and occasional chapters in books dealing generally with the period. David Wilson's approach is distinctive in that the evidence is in the main taken from this country, without using later Scandinavian material and back-projecting it into early England. Much of what has been gleaned about Saxon paganism comes from the funeral rites of the people, and their sometimes sinister overtones, and these are dealt with at some length, together with the sorts of evidence that tell us about gods and the places where they might have been worshipped, and the impact of the coming of Christianity. The book concentrates on factual evidence rather than on extreme and unsubstantiated theories, although interpretations must often be matters of conjecture or controversy, even more so as this was a non-literate society and consequently there are no contemporary writings to help. Anglo-Saxon Paganism should appeal to all students and teachers of the history, archaeology and religion of the Anglo-Saxon period. It addresses in a fresh way many of the problems associated with the Dark Age.

Author : Gale R. Owen-Crocker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rites and Religions of the Anglo-Saxons written by Gale R. Owen-Crocker and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book traces the development of religious beliefs in Anglo-Saxon engliand, an dthe influence of religion upon everyday life. (inside flap.).

Author : Martin Van Buren Knox
Publisher : Kessinger Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781104399634
Total Pages : 552 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Religious Life of the Anglo-Saxon Race (1913) written by Martin Van Buren Knox and published by Kessinger Publishing. This book was released on 2009-04-01 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Author : N. J. Higham
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780719048272
Total Pages : 312 pages
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Download or read book The Convert Kings written by N. J. Higham and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the conversion of the English to Christianity traditionally begins with Augustine's arrival in 597. This text offers a critical re-evaluation of the process of conversion which assesses what the act really meant to new converts, who was responsible for it, and why particular figures both accepted conversion for themselves and threw their influence behind the spread of Christianity. The conversion has often been seen as something which missionaries did to the English. The book restores responsibility to the English and, in particular, King Aethelbert, Edwin, Oswald and Oswin, and it is their religious policies that form the focus of this text.

Author : Marilyn Dunn
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1441110135
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Christianization of the Anglo-Saxons C.597-c.700 written by Marilyn Dunn and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2010-09-27 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Draws on historical, ethnographical and anthropological studies to create a fresh understanding of Christianization in medieval Europe.

Author : William A. Chaney
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780719003721
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cult of Kingship in Anglo-Saxon England written by William A. Chaney and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1970 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: