Since the early 20th century the scholarly study of Anglo-Saxon texts has been augmented by systematic excavation and analysis of physical evidence - settlements, cemeteries, artefacts, environmental data, and standing buildings. This evidence has confirmed some readings of the Anglo-Saxon literary and documentary sources and challenged others. More recently, large-scale excavations both in towns and in the countryside, the application of computer methods to large bodies of data, new techniques for site identification such as remote sensing, and new dating methods have put archaeology at the forefront of Anglo-Saxon studies. The Handbook of Anglo-Saxon Archaeology, written by a team of experts and presenting the results of the most up-to-date research, will both stimulate and support further investigation into those aspects of Anglo-Saxon life and culture which archaeology has fundamentally illuminated. It will prove an essential resourse for our understanding of a society poised at the interface between prehistory and history.

The Oxford Handbook of Anglo-Saxon Archaeology (Oxford Handbooks)

History

Crawford, Sally

Hamerow, Helena

Hinton, David A.

World

Oxford University Press

Early Anglo-Saxon England saw some of the most important elements in the creation of modern England: the Germanic migrations after the departure of the Romans and the introduction of Christianity in the 7th century. While traditionally the early centuries of Anglo-Saxon England have been disregarded as"'lost centuries," archaeological evidence, paired with the later written sources, can reveal a complex and often sophisticated society. This period saw the beginnings of urbanization, with the establishment of market-places enabling the trade of local and exotic goods, and the first schools were introduced in the 7th century. 
Sally Crawford looks at how the Anglo-Saxons lived, from the composition of an Anglo-Saxon family and how status was defined by an individual's occupation, to the complexities of feasting and drinking and how adults and children found entertainment.

Anglo-Saxon England: 400-790 (Shire Living Histories)

Europe

Shire

The book includes a brief introduction to the study of childhood and family structure, this is followed by a discussion of the age at which an Anglo-Saxon child was thought to have become an adult.

Childhood in Anglo-Saxon England

Sutton Pub Ltd

This interdisciplinary volume gathers together papers on the history and archaeology of childhood with a wide geographical and chronological remit. There is a broad methodological overview, followed by papers including one on early Bronze Age funerary ritual, one on childhood in the Ancient Near East, papers on prehistoric and Archaic Greece, an overview of research on Roman childhood and a paper on sexual attitudes to slave children, one on early Iceland and one on Anglo-Saxon burial ritual.

Children, Childhood and Society (BAR International)

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

British Archaeological Reports

Studies in Early Medicine originated in a series of workshops on Disease and Disability in Early Medieval Europe held at the Universities of Birmingham, Nottingham and Oxford from 2005-2009. The social dimension of medical practice was a key theme at the Disease and Disability in Medieval Europe workshops, and it is this theme the papers in this first volume of Studies in Early Medicine seek to address. Contents: 1: Introduction (Sally Crawford and Christina Lee); 2) Rage Possession: A Cognitive Science Approach to Early English Demon Possession (Kirsten C. Uszkalo); 3) Outlawry and Moral Perversion in Old Norse Society (Anne Irene Riis); 4) Hermaphroditism in the western Middle Ages: Physicians, Lawyers and the Intersexed Person (Irina Metzler); 5) The nadir of Western Medicine? Texts, contexts and practice in Anglo-Saxon England (Sally Crawford); 6) This should not to be shown to a gentile: MedicoMagical Texts in Medieval Franco-German Jewish Rabbinic Manuscripts (Ephraim Shoham-Steiner); 7) Asclepius, Biographical Dictionaries, and the transmission of science in the Medieval Muslim World (Keren Abbou Hershkovits).

Bodies of Knowledge: Cultural Interpretations of Illness and Medicine in Medieval Europe (BAR International)

Lee, Christina

Daily Life in Anglo-Saxon England examines and recreates many of the details of ordinary lives in early medieval England between the fifth and eleventh centuries, exploring what we know as well as the surprising gaps in our knowledge.
Daily Life in Anglo-Saxon England covers daily life in England from the fifth through the eleventh centuries. These six centuries saw significant social, cultural, religious, and ethnic upheavals, from the introduction of Christianity, the creation of towns, the Viking invasions, the invention of "Englishness," and the Norman Conquest. 
In the last ten years, there have been significant new archaeological discoveries, major advances in scientific archaeology, and new ways of thinking about the past, meaning it is now possible to say much more about everyday life during this time period than ever before. Drawing on a combination of archaeological and textual evidence, including the latest scientific findings from DNA and stable isotope analysis, this book looks at the life course of the early medieval English from the cradle to the grave, and how daily lives changed over these centuries. Topics covered include maintenance activities, education, play, commerce, trade, manufacturing, fashion, travel, migration, warfare, health, and medicine.
 • Takes an interdisciplinary approach, using archaeological and textual sources 
• Supports the text with references to key sites, artifacts, and documents
• Focuses on everyday life
• Reflects the subject expertise of the author

Daily Life in Anglo-Saxon England (The Greenwood Press Daily Life Through History Series)

Greenwood

Never has the term 'Dark Ages' been more relevant than to the study of the early medieval child. Although there is now detailed information on Roman and late medieval families, childhood in the Anglo-Saxon child is presented in this study of the archaeological evidence such as excavated cemeteries and settlement sites, as well as the more limited documentary sources. The book opens with a brief introduction to the study of childhood and family structure, and an examination of the available evidence. This is followed by a discussion of the age at which an Anglo-Saxon child was thought to have become an adult, and whether there were any rites of passage in the child's progression to adult status. The bulk of the study then follows the child's life right through from infancy to adolescence. Special attention is given to health and childcare, the position of the child within the family, and play and education. In an age when few children grew up with both parents still alive, a chapter is also devoted to the role of fosterage, godparents and adoption.

The History Press

In addition to its unshakeable position on academic History curricula, Anglo-Saxon England remains popular with the general public. However, despite numerous specialist volumes on the political and economic history of the period, there are no books currently on the market which offer an overview of Anglo-Saxon daily life. This book fills that gap, covering a great range of common life experiences of individuals in England, AD c. 450-c.1066, including domestic and family life, work and leisure, education, clothing and housing, food, religion, magic and superstition, health and sickness, warfare, crime and punishment, ethnic and national identity, the creation of kingship, slavery, urban life, and political life for men, women and children.
Archaeological evidence gives a dramatic picture of social organization in Anglo-Saxon towns, and sources such as wills provide insight into the way families were structured and organized. Evidence in the law codes and literature shows how Anglo-Saxons experienced childhood, youth, marriage, adulthood, parenthood and old age; how they were educated and engaged in trades, and what they did in their leisure time. Archaeological and documentary evidence, including pictorial representations in sculpture and manuscripts, give a vivid picture of Anglo-Saxon food and dress, and also of the military and governmental forces of Anglo-Saxon England. Religion was an important part of daily life, and so was crime, justice, punishment and slavery. Indeed, the struggle to survive meant that health and sickness were crucial everyday concerns. All these aspects of daily life are examined in Sally Crawford's book, creating a rich picture of ordinary, but complex, life in Anglo-Saxon England.

Anglo-Saxon Studies in Archaeology and History is an annual series concerned with the archaeology and history of England and its neighbours during the Anglo-Saxon period. ASSAH offers researchers an opportunity to publish new work in an interdisciplinary and multi-disciplinary forum which allows for a diversity of approaches and subject matter. Contributions focus not just on Anglo-Saxon England but also its international context. Table of Contents Report on excavations of the Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Updown, Eastry, Kent (Martin Welch) The date and nature of Wat's Dyke: a reassessment in the light of recent investigations at Gobowen, Shropshire (Laurence Hayes and Timothy Malim) The Middle and Late Anglo-Saxon defences of western Mercian towns (Steven Bassett) The significance of OE Burh in Anglo-Saxon England (Simon Draper) The distribution of the 'Winchester' style in Late Saxon England: metalwork finds from the Danelaw (Jane Kershaw) Warriors, heroes and companions: negotiating masculinity in Viking-Age England (Dawn Hadley)

Anglo-Saxon Studies in Archaeology and History: Volume 15

Oxford University School of Archaeology

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The Oxford Handbook of Anglo-Saxon Archaeology (Oxford Handbooks)

Anglo-Saxon England: 400-790 (Shire Living Histories)

Childhood in Anglo-Saxon England

Children, Childhood and Society (BAR International)

Bodies of Knowledge: Cultural Interpretations of Illness and Medicine in Medieval Europe (BAR International)

Daily Life in Anglo-Saxon England (The Greenwood Press Daily Life Through History Series)

Childhood in Anglo-Saxon England

Daily Life in Anglo-Saxon England (The Greenwood Press Daily Life Through History Series)

Anglo-Saxon Studies in Archaeology and History: Volume 15