The Anglo-Saxons, synthesis and achievement /

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Imprint:Waterloo, Ont., Canada : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, ©1985.
Atlantic Highlands, N.J. : Distributed in the U.S.A. and Canada by Humanities Press
Description:1 online resource (xi, 177 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:CEL - Canadian Publishers Collection.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11308567
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Other authors / contributors:Woods, J. Douglas.
Pelteret, David Anthony Edgell, 1944-
ISBN:9780889205505
0889205507
1282233246
9781282233249
9786613810984
6613810983
0889201668
9780889201668
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-170) and index.
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Summary:The popular notion that sees the Anglo-Saxon era as "The Dark Ages" perhaps has tended to obscure for many people the creations and strengths of that time. This collection, in examining many aspects of pre-Norman Britain, helps to illuminate how Anglo-Saxon society contributed to the continuity of knowledge between the ancient world and the modern world. But as well, it posits a view of that society in its own distinctive terms to show how it developed as a synthesis of radically different cultures. The Bayeux Tapestry is examined for its underlying political motivations; the study of Old Engli
Other form:Print version: Anglo-Saxons, synthesis and achievement. Waterloo, Ont., Canada : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, ©1985 0889201668
Publisher's no.:402281 CaOOCEL