Overview

This volume is a festschrift in honour of Martin Biddle and Birthe Kjolbye-Biddle, and contains twenty papers, which tackle a wide range of subjects relating to the archaeology, history, and art history of Christianity in England during the Late Antique and Early Medieval periods. Contributors: Kenneth Painter, Anthea Harris and Martin Henig, Carolyn Heighway, Alison Telfer, Brian Gilmour, Helena Hamerow, Barbara Yorke, Katharina Ulmschneider, Sally Crawford, Michael Lapidge, James Campbell, Rosalind Niblett, Michael Hare, John Blair, David Howlett, Derek Keene, Julian Munby, John Crook, Christopher Brooke, Pamela Tudor-Craig.

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Author:   Martin Henig ,  Nigel Ramsay
Publisher:   BAR Publishing
Imprint:   BAR Publishing
Volume:   v. 505
Weight:   1.184kg
ISBN:  

9781407305400

ISBN 10:   1407305409
Pages:   297
Publication Date:   15 February 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Preface (Martin Henig and Nigel Ramsay); Martin Biddle and Birthe Kjølbye-Biddle: An Appreciation (Martin Henig, Thomas Beaumont James, Anthony King and Nigel Ramsay); List of Publications of Martin Biddle and of Birthe Kjølbye-Biddle (Compiled by Anthony King); Commendation by Queen Margrethe II of Denmark; 1) A Roman Silver Jug with Biblical Scenes from the Treasure found at Traprain Law (Kenneth Painter); 2) Hand-washing and Foot-washing, Sacred and Secular, in Late Antiquity and the Early Medieval Period (Anthea Harris and Martin Henig); 3) Christian Origins at Gloucester: A Topographical Inquiry (Carolyn Heighway); 4) New Evidence for the Transition from the Late Roman to the Saxon Period at St Martin-in-the-Fields, London (Alison Telfer); 5) Ethnic Identity and the Origins, Purpose and Occurrence of Pattern-Welded Swords in Sixth-Century Kent: The Case of the Saltwood Cemetery (Brian Gilmour); 6) Communities of the Living and the Dead: The Relationship Between Anglo-Saxon Settlements and Cemeteries, c. 450 - c. 850. (Helena Hamerow); 7) The Oliver's Battery Hanging-Bowl Burial from Winchester, and its Place in the Early History of Wessex (Barbara Yorke); 8) More Markets, Minsters, and Metal-Detector Finds: Middle Saxon Hampshire a Decade On (Katharina Ulmschneider); 9) Food, Fasting and Starvation: Food Control and Body Consciousness in Early Anglo-Saxon England (Sally Crawford); 10) Bede and Roman Britain (Michael Lapidge); 11)Questioning Bede (James Campbell); 11) Offa's St Albans (Rosalind Niblett); 12) APossible Commemorative Stone for Æthelmund, Father of Æthelric (Michael Hare); 13) The Prehistory of English Fonts (John Blair); 14) Architecture, Music, and Time in Wulfstan's Verse (David Howlett); 15) ""Knights"" before the Round Table: Cnihtas, Guildhalls and Governance in Early Winchester (Derek Keene); 16) Winchester in Domesday Book (Julian Munby); 17) The Romanesque West Front of Winchester Cathedral(John Crook); 18) Reflections on Tithes and the Formation of Parishes (Christopher Brooke); 19) Henry of Blois, the Cluny Connection and Two Ivories in the Victoria and Albert Museum (Pamela Tudor-Craig)"

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