England before the conquest : studies in primary sources presented to Dorothy Whitelock / edited by Peter Clemoes and Kathleen Hughes

London : Cambridge University Press, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; xvi,418,[8]p : ill ; facsims, maps, plans ; 24 cm. Notes; Bibliography p.1-4. - Includes index. Summary; Concerned with the basic materials of documents, literature, art, place-names, inscriptions, coins, buildings and archaeological finds, the twenty-two original studies that make up this 1971 text brought fresh understanding to various important topics in Anglo-Saxon scholarship. Native, continental, Scandinavian and Irish elements in five centuries of Anglo-Saxon history are represented. Each contribution exemplifies the methods and expertise of a modern specialisation, but collectively the essays show the value of a joint approach. They form a fitting tribute to a scholar who has kept primary sources to the forefront in her own work and who has illuminated an exceptionally wide range of them. Subjects; Whitelock, Dorothy (1901-1982) - Bibliography. English literature - Old English, (ca. 450-1100) - History and criticism. History. Anglo-Saxon Period. Sources. Archaeology. Settlements. Documents. Language. Civilization, Medieval - Sources. English literature - Old English, (ca. 450-1100) - Addresses, essays, lectures. Great Britain - History - Anglo-Saxon period, (449-1066) - Sources. England - Civilization - To 1066. Great Britain - History - Anglo Saxon period, (449-1066). England - Civilization - To 1066 - Addresses, essays, lectures. Great Britain - Civilization - To 1066. Great Britain - History - To 1066. Great Britain - Intellectual life - Anglo-Saxon period, (449-1066). England, (450-1066). England - Social life, (601-1066) - Historical sources - Festschriften. England - social life - historical sources - Festschriften. Anglo-Saxon England. Social & cultural history. England ; (c 500 CE to c 1000 CE) ; (c 1000 CE to c 1500). History / General. Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. Genres; Bibliographies. Festschrift. Illustrated.