Law, Literature, and Social Regulation in Early Medieval England 9781783277605, 9781800109247, 9781800109254

Bonds of Secrecy: Law, Spirituality, and the Literature of Concealment in Early Medieval England 9780812296846

Bonds of Secrecy illuminates the relationship between human experiences of secrecy and early medieval beliefs about divi

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Humour in Old English Literature: Communities of Laughter in Early Medieval England 9781487545710

This book explores the technique and significance of humour in Old English literature, including riddles, rhymes, the he

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Arts of Dying: Literature and Finitude in Medieval England 9780226641041

People in the Middle Ages had chantry chapels, mortuary rolls, the daily observance of the Office of the Dead, and even

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Humour in Old English Literature: Communities of Laughter in Early Medieval England 9781487545307, 9781487545703, 9781487545710, 1487545304

Humour in Old English Literature deploys modern theories of humour to explore the style and content of surviving writing

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Humour in Old English Literature: Communities of Laughter in Early Medieval England 9781487545307, 9781487545703, 9781487545710, 1487545304

Humour in Old English Literature deploys modern theories of humour to explore the style and content of surviving writing

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Representing Beasts in Early Medieval England and Scandinavia 178327008X, 9781783270088

For people in the early Middle Ages, the earth, air, water and ether teemed with other beings. Some of these were sentie

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Alien Albion: Literature and Immigration in Early Modern England 9781442667495

Alien Albionchallenges assumptions about the origins of English national identity and the importance of religious, class

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Banished: Common Law and the Rhetoric of Social Exclusion in Early New England 9780812206470

Banished investigates Puritan practices of social exclusion through the lens of seventeenth-century New England common l

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Pottery and Social Life in Medieval England 1782976590, 9781782976592

How can pottery studies contribute to the study of medieval archaeology? How do pots relate to documents, landscapes and

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Literature and Popular Culture in Early Modern England 9780754665809

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