{"product_id":"perceptions-of-the-prehistoric-in-anglo-saxon-england-religion-ritual-and-rulership-in-the-landscape-paperback","title":"Perceptions of the Prehistoric in Anglo-Saxon England: Religion, Ritual, and Rulership in the Landscape - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSarah Semple\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePerceptions of the Prehistoric in Anglo-Saxon England\u003c\/em\u003e represents an unparalleled exploration of the place of prehistoric monuments in the Anglo-Saxon psyche, and examines how Anglo-Saxon communities perceived and used these monuments during the period AD 400-1100. Sarah Semple employs archaeological, historical, art historical, and literary sources to study the variety of ways in which the early medieval population of England used the prehistoric legacy in the landscape, exploring it from temporal and geographic perspectives. Key to the arguments and ideas presented is the premise that populations used these remains, intentionally and knowingly, in the articulation and manipulation of their identities: local, regional, political, and religious. They recognized them as ancient features, as human creations from a distant past. They used them as landmarks, battle sites, and estate markers, giving them new Old English names. Before, and even during, the conversion to Christianity, \u003cbr\u003ecommunities buried their dead in and around these monuments. After the conversion, several churches were built in and on these monuments, great assemblies and meetings were held at them, and felons executed and buried within their surrounds. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis volume covers the early to late Anglo-Saxon world, touching on funerary ritual, domestic and settlement evidence, ecclesiastical sites, place-names, written sources, and administrative and judicial geographies. Through a thematic and chronologically-structured examination of Anglo-Saxon uses and perceptions of the prehistoric, Semple demonstrates that populations were not only concerned with \u003cem\u003eRomanitas\u003c\/em\u003e (or Roman-ness), but that a similar curiosity and conscious reference to and use of the prehistoric existed within all strata of society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSarah Semple, \u003cem\u003eProfessor of Archaeology, Durham University\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSarah Semple is Professor of Archaeology at Durham University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9.6 x 6.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 25, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42684804923455,"sku":"9780198844112","price":102.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/34170e4c5a0ade50d61f5945ab6ec2db.webp?v=1764968697","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/perceptions-of-the-prehistoric-in-anglo-saxon-england-religion-ritual-and-rulership-in-the-landscape-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}