Lady with a Mead-cup: Ritual, Prophecy and Lordship in the European Warband from La Tene to the Viking Age
Author:   Michael J. Enright
Publisher:   Four Courts Press Ltd
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9781851821884


Pages:   360
Publication Date:   01 July 1995
Format:   Hardback
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Lady with a Mead-cup: Ritual, Prophecy and Lordship in the European Warband from La Tene to the Viking Age


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Lady with a Mead Cup is a broad-ranging, innovative and strikingly original study of the early medieval barbarian cup-offering ritual and its social, institutional and religious significance. Medievalists are familiar with the image of a queen offering a drink to a king or chieftain and to his retainers, the Wealhtheow scene in Beowulf being perhaps the most famous instance. Drawing on archaeology, anthropology and philology, as well as medieval history, Professor Enright has produced the first work in English on the warband and on the significance of barbarian drinking rituals.

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Author:   Michael J. Enright
Publisher:   Four Courts Press Ltd
Imprint:   Four Courts Press Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 15.90cm , Height: 3.20cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.744kg
ISBN:  

9781851821884


ISBN 10:   1851821880
Pages:   360
Publication Date:   01 July 1995
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Undergraduate ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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