Winters in the world : a journey through the Anglo-Saxon year
Parker, Eleanor Catherine, 1986-2022
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Click and Collect for Winters in the world : a journey through the Anglo-Saxon yearThis is a beautifully observed journey through the cycle of the year in Anglo-Saxon England, exploring the festivals, customs and traditions linked to the different seasons. Drawing on a wide variety of source material, including poetry, histories and religious literature, Eleanor Parker investigates how Anglo-Saxons felt about the annual passing of the seasons and the profound relationship they saw between human life and the rhythms of nature. Many of the festivals we celebrate in Britain today have their roots in the Anglo-Saxon period, and this book traces their surprising history, as well as unearthing traditions now long forgotten. It celebrates some of the finest treasures of medieval literature and provides an imaginative connection to the Anglo-Saxon world. 'A lyrical journey through the Anglo-Saxon year...[this book] is a beautiful, charming, and evocative voyage into what, to many of us, seems a very distant past..
Winters in the world : a journey through the Anglo-Saxon year / Eleanor Parker.
Parker, Eleanor Catherine, 1986-, author
London : Reaktion Books, 2022.©2022
240 pages ; 22 cm
9781789146721 (hbk)9781789146721
942.01
English
530263
Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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Beaumaris Library | Adult Non Fiction - History | 942.01 PAR | Available |
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