{"product_id":"perceptions-of-the-prehistoric-in-anglo-saxon-england-religion-ritual-and-rulership-in-the-landscape-9780198844112","title":"Perceptions of the Prehistoric in Anglo-Saxon England: Religion, Ritual, and Rulership in the Landscape","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003earchaeological, 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\u003cbr\u003epremise 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, \u003cbr\u003eand estate markers, giving them new Old English names. Before, and even during, the conversion to Christianity, communities 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, \u003cbr\u003eand felons executed and buried within their surrounds. \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\u003cbr\u003eand 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sarah Semple\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/25\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.60h x 6.70w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198844112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39932118925427,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_8f942f6f-9cc3-49dd-8b2b-d09af6b1c2d5.jpg?v=1647790556","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/perceptions-of-the-prehistoric-in-anglo-saxon-england-religion-ritual-and-rulership-in-the-landscape-9780198844112","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}