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Dying and Death in Later Anglo-Saxon England
Author:  Victoria Thompson
Published:  2004
Medium: Book         Publisher:  Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Pre-Conquest attitudes towards the dying and the dead have major implications for every aspect of culture, society and religion of the Anglo-Saxon period; but death-bed and funerary practices have been comparatively and unjustly neglected by historical scholarship.   hardback   ISBN 978-1-843-83070-2

Price:  £50.00
Feasting the Dead
Author:  Christina Lee
Published:  2007
Medium: Book         Publisher:  Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Anglo-Saxons were frequently buried with material artefacts, ranging from pots to clothing to jewellery, and also with items of food, while the funeral ritual itself was frequently marked by feasting, sometimes at the graveside.   hardback   ISBN 978-1-843-83142-6

Price:  £45.00
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