Warriors And Wilderness In Medieval Britain
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Warriors And Wilderness In Medieval Britain
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Author : Robin Melrose
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2017-02-07
Warriors And Wilderness In Medieval Britain written by Robin Melrose and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-07 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Tracing the development of the King Arthur story in the late Middle Ages, this book explores Arthur's depiction as a wilderness figure, the descendant of the northern Romano-British hunter/warrior god. The earliest Arthur was a warrior but in the 11th century Welsh tale Culhwch and Olwen, he is less a warrior and more a leader of a band of rogue heroes. The story of Arthur was popularized by Geoffrey of Monmouth, in his Latin History of the Kings of Britain, and was translated into Middle English in Layamon's Brut and the later alliterative Alliterative Morte Arthure. Both owed much to the epic poem "Beowulf," which draws on the Anglo-Saxon fascination with the wilderness. The most famous Arthurian tale is Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, in which the wilderness and themes from Beowulf play a leading role. Three Arthurian tales set in Inglewood Forest place Arthur and Gawain in a wilderness setting, and link Arthur to medieval Robin Hood tales.
Wolves And The Wilderness In The Middle Ages
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Author : Aleksander Pluskowski
language : en
Publisher: Boydell Press
Release Date : 2006
Wolves And The Wilderness In The Middle Ages written by Aleksander Pluskowski and has been published by Boydell Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with History categories.
This text compares responses to wolves, focusing on two regions, Britain and southern Scandinavia. It explores the distribution of wolves in the landscape, their potential impact as predators on both animals and people, and their use as commodities, in literature, art, cosmology and identity.
Slaves And Warriors In Medieval Britain And Ireland
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Author : David R. Wyatt
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2009
Slaves And Warriors In Medieval Britain And Ireland written by David R. Wyatt and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with History categories.
Modern sensibilities have clouded historical views of slavery, perhaps more so than any other medieval social institution. Anachronistic economic rationales and notions about the progression of European civilisation have immeasurably distorted our view of slavery in the medieval context. As a result historians have focussed their efforts upon explaining the disappearance of this medieval institution rather than seeking to understand it. This book highlights the extreme cultural/social significance of slavery for the societies of medieval Britain and Ireland c. 800-1200. Concentrating upon the lifestyle, attitudes and motivations of the slave-holders and slave-raiders, it explores the violent activities and behavioural codes of Britain and Ireland s warrior-centred societies, illustrating the extreme significance of the institution of slavery for constructions of power, ethnic identity and gender.
Warrior
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Author : Edoardo Albert
language : en
Publisher: Granta Books
Release Date : 2019-09-19
Warrior written by Edoardo Albert and has been published by Granta Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-19 with History categories.
Warrior tells the story of forgotten man, a man whose bones were found in an Anglo-Saxon graveyard at Bamburgh castle in Northumberland. It is the story of a violent time when Britain was defining itself in waves of religious fervour, scattered tribal expansion and terrible bloodshed; it is the story of the fighting class, men apart, defined in life and death by their experiences on the killing field; it is an intricate and riveting narrative of survival and adaptation set in the stunning political and physical landscapes of medieval England. Warrior is a classic of British history, a landmark of popular archaeology, and a must-read for anyone interested in the story of where we've come from.
Slaves And Warriors In Medieval Britain And Ireland 800 1200
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Author : David Wyatt
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2009-04-24
Slaves And Warriors In Medieval Britain And Ireland 800 1200 written by David Wyatt and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-04-24 with History categories.
Concentrating upon the lifestyle, attitudes and motivations of the slave-holders and slave-raiders, this book explores the activities and behavioural codes of Britain and Ireland’s warrior-centred societies c.800-1200 highlighting the significance of slavery for constructions of power, ethnic identity and gender.
Wild
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Author : Amy Jeffs
language : en
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Release Date : 2024-02-06
Wild written by Amy Jeffs and has been published by Andrews McMeel Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-02-06 with History categories.
Journey into the wilderness of northwestern Europe between the sixth and tenth centuries, an oft forgotten time in a mystical and magical place where the terror of the wilderness was surpassed only by its potential for salvation. Wild: Tales from the Early Medieval World takes you on a journey out of the present and into the wilderness of another age. A collection of poems, tales, and deeply researched musings that explore the rich history of the Medieval wilderness of northern Europe and the mysteries and teachings that it holds. Amy Jeffs knows that if you “get lost in the wilderness, you may never be found,” so she is here to guide you through it and back home to your own wēstendream.
Magic In Britain
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Author : Robin Melrose
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2018-03-08
Magic In Britain written by Robin Melrose and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-08 with Religion categories.
Magic, both benevolent (white) and malign (black), has been practiced in the British Isles since at least the Iron Age (800 BCE–CE 43). “Curse tablets”—metal plates inscribed with curses intended to harm specific people—date from the Roman Empire. The Anglo-Saxons who settled in England in the fifth and sixth centuries used ritual curses in documents, and wrote spells and charms. When they became Christians in the seventh century, the new “magicians” were saints, who performed miracles. When William of Normandy became king in 1066, there was a resurgence of belief in magic. The Church was able to quell the fear of magicians, but the Reformation saw its revival, with numerous witchcraft trials in the late 16th and 17th centuries.
Tracing The Trails In The Medieval World
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Author : Albrecht Classen
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-10-11
Tracing The Trails In The Medieval World written by Albrecht Classen and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-11 with Literary Criticism categories.
Every human being knows that we are walking through life following trails, whether we are aware of them or not. Medieval poets, from the anonymous composer of Beowulf to Marie de France, Hartmann von Aue, Gottfried von Strassburg, and Guillaume de Lorris to Petrarch and Heinrich Kaufringer, predicated their works on the notion of the trail and elaborated on its epistemological function. We can grasp here an essential concept that determines much of medieval and early modern European literature and philosophy, addressing the direction which all protagonists pursue, as powerfully illustrated also by the anonymous poets of Herzog Ernst and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Dante’s Divina Commedia, in fact, proves to be one of the most explicit poetic manifestations of the fundamental idea of the trail, but we find strong parallels also in powerful contemporary works such as Guillaume de Deguileville’s Pèlerinage de la vie humaine and in many mystical tracts.
Arthur
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Author : Don Carleton
language : en
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Release Date : 2018-10-15
Arthur written by Don Carleton and has been published by Amberley Publishing Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-15 with History categories.
Credible new research sheds new life on the real life and identity of King Arthur, the legendary king of ancient Britain.
Warfare Raiding And Defence In Early Medieval Britain
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Author : Erik Grigg
language : en
Publisher: The Crowood Press
Release Date : 2018-05-21
Warfare Raiding And Defence In Early Medieval Britain written by Erik Grigg and has been published by The Crowood Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-21 with History categories.
Warfare, Raiding and Defence in early medieval Britain is an examination of warfare in the period AD400-850, often called the Dark Ages, which is roughly the period between the end of Roman rule and the arrival of large Viking armies. It uses written sources, archaeological evidence and surviving features in the landscape to analyse the nature of warfare in those days, paying particular attention to the large defensive earthworks typical of the period. Luckily these earthworks survive long after the warriors have turned to dust; their locations in the landscape are mute witness to the nature of early medieval warfare. This period helped forge and mould the nations of modern Britain. This book shows that raiding was the driving force behind the political, cultural and linguistic changes that affected post-Roman Britain, and provides a picture of how raids and counter-raiding measures worked in practice. Includes 70 colour illustrations.