Anglo-Saxon FAQs by Stephen Pollington
This book has been written as a series of simple questions and concise answers, in the form of an FAQ document. The inspiration for the book comes from the many occasions when the author was asked questions such as Did they have fire? or Didn't they all just wear skins? or Did they really have metal? Perhaps the inability to distinguish between Anglo-Saxons and Palaeolithic cave-dwellers stems from the fact that the Anglo-Saxons are almost invisible in our modern educational time-line - the salient points are 'Romans', 'Vikings', 'Normans', 'Tudors' and 'Victorians' and everything else melds into a generic groups of fur-wearing, club-wielding savages.More serious - and much harder to answer in a few words - are questions such as How do you know what Old English sounded like? or Couldn't they have kept worshipping their heathen gods away from the church, so it would never have been recorded? or What makes you think they had sails on their ships? These are intelligent questions about which many books and articles have been written, and the answers are perhaps still not accepted as definitive by all.
In these pages you will find an attempt to answer some of those awkward questions you want to ask
- or would rather someone else asked.
Moxon, E. S.: - E S Moxon has had a lifelong passion for history and writing. A childhood filled with family visits to ancient burial sites and stone circles fuelled her imagination. Inspired by classic medieval tales and Norse sagas, Elaine imagined herself inhabiting these Dark Ages and exploring the landscapes in her mind and continues to do so through her novels. The first in her 'Wolf Spear Saga' series is 'Wulfsuna' (from which these tales have arisen) and is now sold in ebook, paperback and hardback editions. You can find out more from her website: elainesmoxon.com She is currently working on her second novel in the 'Wolf Spear Saga', as well as a prequel novella based on the early life of Lord Wulfric. When not lost in pages of the past, Elaine lives in the Midlands with her family and their chocolate Labrador.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781898281504 |
| ISBN 10 | 1898281505 |
| Title | Anglo-Saxon FAQs |
| Author | Stephen Pollington |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Anglo-Saxon Books |
| Year published | 2008-05-30 |
| Number of pages | 128 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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