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Title:

Sense and feeling in daily living in the early medieval English world / edited by Maren Clegg Hyer and Gale R. Owen-Crocker ; with contributions by Javier E. Diaz-Vera [and ten others].

Publisher:

Liverpool University Press,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

xvi, 299 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 26 cm.

Subject:

Senses and sensation--England--History--To 1500.
Anglo-Saxons--Social life and customs.
Civilization, Anglo-Saxon.
England--Civilization--To 1066.
Anglo-Saxons--Social life and customs
Civilization
Civilization, Anglo-Saxon
Senses and sensation
England
To 1500
History

Other Authors:

Hyer, Maren Clegg, editor.
Owen-Crocker, Gale R., editor.
Diaz Vera, Javier E., editor.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-287) and index.

Contents:

12. Gerontophobia in early medieval England: Anglo-Saxon reflections on old age / Thijs Porck. 2. '©©Œr w©Œs hearpan sweg, swotol sang scopes': sounds of pre-conquest community / Jill Frederick -- 3. Sweetness and bitterness: the sense of taste in and around Anglo-Saxon England / Alban Gautier -- 4. The blossoms' sweet stench: smell in early medieval England / Maren Clegg Hyer -- 5. The sense of touch: the haptic communication of emotions in Anglo-Saxon England from a linguistic perspective / Javier E. Diaz-Vera -- 6. Bedship and sex-play: sex and sensuality in early medieval England / Christopher Monk -- 7. Above the head of a serpent: women and anger in pre-conquest England / Hilary E. Fox -- 8. Terrifying sounds in Beowulf: a model for theorizing fear, horror and related emotions in pre-conquest England / Brian O'Camb -- 9. 'Murnan on mode': grief in early medieval England / Kristen Mills -- 10. Sensing joy in early medieval England: reconstructing acts of rejoicing in the Harley Psalter / Christopher Monk -- 11. Smelly sheep, shimmering silk: the sensual and emotional experience of textiles / Gale R. Owen-Crocker -- 12. Gerontophobia in early medieval England: Anglo-Saxon reflections on old age / Thijs Porck.

Series:

Daily living in the Anglo-Saxon world ; volume IV
Exeter studies in medieval Europe : history, society and the arts

ISBN:

9781789621440
1789621445

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1119775354

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)