Anglo-Saxon Deviant Burial Customs is the first detailed consideration of the ways in which
Anglo-Saxon society dealt with social outcasts. Beginning with the period following Roman …

It is argued that recent archaeological theories of death and burial have tended to overlook
the social and mnemonic agency of the dead body. Drawing upon anthropological …

In medieval Britain people wore jewellery made of gold if they were rich, of base metal if they
were poor; they might hoard their property, or give it away to guarantee that they would have …

The origins of England's regional cultures are here shown to be strongly influenced by the
natural environment and geographical features. The Anglo-Saxon period was crucial in the …

The varied character of Britain's countryside and towns provides communities with a strong
sense of local identity. One of the most significant features of the southern British landscape …

This book examines the contribution of archaeology to the study of the social, economic,
religious, and other developments in England from the end of the Roman period at the start …

A history of monastic foundations in East Anglia, from the middle Anglo-Saxon period to the
Normans. Monastic studies usually focus upon the post-Conquest period; here, in valuable …

Abstract Objects, like people, have social histories. In early Anglo-Saxon graves, there is
evidence of the occasional re-use of Roman objects, which were probably discovered on …

Formative Britain presents an account of the peoples occupying the island of Britain
between 400 and 1100 AD, whose ideas continue to set the political agenda today. Forty …

The difficulties of studying the religions of the Anglo-Saxons in the conversion period are
well known. Historians have agonized over the basic and 'fearsome question of how …