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Trees in Anglo-Saxon England
Della Hooke
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"Trees played a particularly important part in the rural economy of Anglo-Saxon England, both for wood and timber and as a wood-pasture resource, with hunting gaining a growing cultural role. But they are also powerful icons in many pre-Christian religions, with a degree of tree symbolism found in Christian scripture too. This wide-ranging book explores both the 'real', historical and archaeological evidence of trees and woodland, and as they are depicted in Anglo-Saxon literature and legend. Place-name and charter references cast light upon the distribution of particular tree species (mapped here in detail for the first time) and also reflect upon regional character in a period that was fundamental for the evolution of the present landscape."--Publisher's description.

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Boydell
Language
English
Pages
310

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Subjects
Trees in literature, Trees, Folklore, History
Places
Great Britain
Times
Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066

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Table of Contents

Trees and groves in pre-Christian belief
Christianity and the sacred tree
Trees in literature
Trees, mythology and national consciousness: into the future
The nature and distribution of Anglo-Saxon woodland
The use of Anglo-Saxon woodland: place-names and charter evidence
Trees in the landscape
Trees of wood-pasture and 'Ancient Countryside'
Trees of wet places in early medieval records: alder and willow
Trees of open/planned countryside
Other trees noted in charters and early place-names
Trees not readily apparent in the early medieval written record.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-302) and index.

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Woodbridge
Series
Anglo-Saxon studies -- 13, Anglo-Saxon studies -- 13.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
582.16094209021
Library of Congress
SD179 .H66 2010

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Pagination
vii, 310 p. :
Number of pages
310

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24864583M
ISBN 10
1843835657
ISBN 13
9781843835653
LCCN
2011380899
OCLC/WorldCat
502045728

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