Dying and Death in Later Anglo-Saxon England |
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| Author:
| Thompson, Victoria |
| Series title: | Anglo-Saxon Studies |
| ISBN: | 978-1-84383-070-2 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2004 |
| Publisher: | Boydell & Brewer, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $99.00 |
Book Description:
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Pre-Conquest attitudes towards the dying and the dead have major implications for every aspect of culture, society and religion of the Anglo-Saxon period; but death-bed and funerary practices have been comparatively and unjustly neglected by historical scholarship.
Pre-Conquest attitudes towards the dying and the dead have major implications for every aspect of culture, society and religion of the Anglo-Saxon period; but death-bed and funerary practices have been comparatively and unjustly neglected by historical scholarship.