Anglo-Saxon Attitudes
Title | Anglo-Saxon Attitudes PDF eBook |
Author | Angus Wilson |
Publisher | Faber & Faber |
Pages | 402 |
Release | 2011-11-17 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0571280862 |
'Angus Wilson is one of the most enjoyable novelists of the 20th century... Anglo-Saxon Attitudes (1956) analyses a wide range of British society in a complicated plot that offers all the pleasures of detective fiction combined with a steady and humane insight.' Margaret Drabble First published in 1956, Anglo-Saxon Attitudes draws upon perhaps the most famous archaeological hoax in history: the 'Piltdown Man', finally exposed in 1953. The novel's protagonist is Gerald Middleton, professor of early medieval history and taciturn creature of habit. Separated from his Swedish wife, Gerald is increasingly conscious of his failings. Moreover, some years ago he was involved in an excavation that led to the discovery of a grotesque idol in the tomb of Bishop Eorpwald. The sole survivor of the original excavation party, Gerald harbours a potentially ruinous secret...
Anglo-Saxon Attitudes to the Past
Title | Anglo-Saxon Attitudes to the Past PDF eBook |
Author | Sarah Jane Semple |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Anglo-Saxon Attitudes
Title | Anglo-Saxon Attitudes PDF eBook |
Author | Angus Wilson |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 1958 |
Genre | Fiction |
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At 64 Gerald Middleton, a former professor of medieval history, is filled with self-recrimination and self-disgust, but he gets a chance to rectify his life.
Anglo-Saxon Attitudes
Title | Anglo-Saxon Attitudes PDF eBook |
Author | John Anthony Hilton |
Publisher | |
Pages | 72 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
This is not a book about the Anglo-Saxons, but a book about books about Anglo-Saxons. It describes the academic discipline of Anglo-Saxonism, the methods of study used, the underlying assumptions, and the uses to which it has been put. Methods and motives have changed over time, but right from the start there have been the constant themes of Anglo-Saxon democracy and the rights of the freeborn Englishman. They have given rise to ideas and perceptions that have greatly influenced the development of English society and political history.
Anglo-Saxon Attitudes
Title | Anglo-Saxon Attitudes PDF eBook |
Author | Angus Wilson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 488 |
Release | 1956 |
Genre | Archaeologists |
ISBN |
Anglo-Saxon Attitudes to the Past
Title | Anglo-Saxon Attitudes to the Past PDF eBook |
Author | Sarah Semple |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1056 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Anglo-Saxons |
ISBN |
Preaching Apocrypha in Anglo-Saxon England
Title | Preaching Apocrypha in Anglo-Saxon England PDF eBook |
Author | Brandon W. Hawk |
Publisher | University of Toronto Press |
Pages | 293 |
Release | 2018-01-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1487503059 |
Preaching Apocrypha in Anglo-Saxon England is the first examination of Christian apocrypha in Anglo-Saxon England, focusing on the use of biblical narratives in Old English sermons. This work demonstrates that apocryphal media are a substantial part of the apparatus of Christian tradition inherited by Anglo-Saxons.