The Early Cultures of North-West Europe de Cyril Fox

The Early Cultures of North-West Europe

Cyril Fox

Bruce Dickins

en Limba Engleză Paperback – 20 mar 2013

Originally published in 1950, this book was produced as a memorial for the leading Cambridge historian and literary scholar Hector Munro Chadwick (1870–1947). Written by former pupils of Chadwick at Cambridge University, the text contains numerous contributions on various aspects of early culture in Northwestern Europe. The contributions discuss Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic history, together with archaeological discoveries. Illustrative figures are also included throughout. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Chadwick and the history of Northwestern Europe.

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List of illustrations; Editor's note; Acknowledgements; Biographical note; List of publications; Part I. Archaeological: 1. The long barrow in Western Europe G. E. Daniel; 2. The Cotswold megalithic culture: the grave goods and their background Elsie M. Clifford; 3. The Beaker period in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire North-of-the-Sands Clare I. Fell; 4. Burial ritual and custom in the Bronze Age: illustrated by recent excavations in south Wales Sir Cyril Fox; 5. The British Isles and the beginning of the northern early Bronze Age J. M. de Navarro; 6. Significant objects at Sutton Hoo D. Elizabeth Martin-Clarke; 7. Gods and heroes in stone H. R. Ellis Davidson; 8. The Norse heritage in the Isle of Man Basil R. S. Megaw and Eleanor M. Megaw; Part II. Celtic: 9. The Celtic settlement of Ireland T. G. E. Powell; 10. Notes on the Ogam inscriptions of southern Britain Kenneth Jackson; 11. Cantre'r Gwaelod and Ker-Is Rachel Bromwich; Part III. Anglo-Saxon: 12. The Moore Memoranda on Northumbrian history Peter Hunter Blair; 13. The interpretation of The Seafarer Dorothy Whitelock; 14. Glaed waes ic gliwum: ungloomy aspects of Anglo-Saxon poetry Jean I. Young; 15. Who was the translator of the prose portion of the Paris pasalter? J. I'a Bromwich; 16. The post-Bedan miracles and translations of St Cuthbert Bertram Colgrave; 17. Chipping and market: a lexicographical investigation Florence E. Harmer; 18. The beheaded manumission in the Exeter book Bruce Dickens; 19. Sir Edward Dering: a seventeenth-century antiquary and his 'Saxon' charters C. E. Wright; Part IV. Early Norse: 20. Porgerðr Hölgabrúðr and the trolla ping: a note on sources Nora K. Chadwick; 21. Old Norse jarðarmen G. N. Garmonsway; Part V. Place-Names: 22. Fenland place-names O. K. Schram.