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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Reaktion Books, The Limited
ISBN-10
1789147735
ISBN-13
9781789147735
eBay Product ID (ePID)
6060638022
Product Key Features
Book Title
Winters in the World : a Journey Through the Anglo-Saxon Year
Number of Pages
268 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2023
Topic
Europe / Great Britain / Norman Conquest to Late Medieval (1066-1485), Europe / Great Britain / Middle Ages (449-1066), European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Genre
Literary Criticism, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
8 Oz
Item Length
7.7 in
Item Width
5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
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Winters in the World draws on Anglo-Saxon texts including poetry and religious writing to depict life in England over 1,000 years ago . . . Imagine a world with just winter and summer, where calendars depended on whether you were planting crops, rearing animals or praising your god . . . This book brings vividly to life a society which is devout, if war-like, and produces exquisite poetry., This beautifully written account transports us through each season in a deeply sensual manner, from freezing ice to warm, spongy loam in a year whose rituals are still thrumming below our own seasonal journeys., A lyrical journey through the Anglo-Saxon year . . . [this book] is a beautiful, charming, and evocative voyage into what, to many of us, seems a very distant past . . . Parker shows herself to be a master of her subject. Her knowledge is superb; her writing a form of poetry itself . . . No-one can come away from this book still believing the Anglo-Saxons to have lived through the 'Dark Ages.', Parker in her fascinating and authoritative new book Winters in the World . . . rejoices in two advantages. She has read and understood the original texts and she is superb in explaining them and the world from which they sprang., A fascinating, informative, and hauntingly authentic account of the Anglo-Saxon experience of time; Parker shows that understanding the early English calendar is a crucial point of access to Anglo-Saxon spirituality, learning, science, poetry, and much more besides., In this wonderfully poetic journey through the Anglo-Saxon year, Parker offers a profound meditation on time and the world, nature and its seasons. Plunging the reader into the glorious cadences of Old English poetry with her supple translations, Parker brings to vivid life the terrors of winter, spring's promise, the joyful warmth of summer , and the melancholy of autumn, powerfully connecting us with a rich and vital past that we have not quite lost., Both an accessible introduction to the Anglo-Saxon age and an evocative celebration of its seasonal rhythms and links with nature, this book guides readers through the year as captured by the writers of the era., This book is a treasure and a delight, full of beautiful poetry and prose from the treasure-house of Anglo-Saxon culture. Lucid translations, accessible introductions and explanation, all combine to lead us through the cycle of the seasons . . . Parker offers us a vision of time itself made sacred, each month hallowed, and full of unexpected beauty and wisdom., With her book, Parker illuminates the inner workings of the Anglo-Saxon mind in a way that evokes the once-impressive interconnectedness of the religious, natural, and social realms., Engaging and thoroughly well-researched, this book definitely makes a substantial contribution to the study of the cultural heritage of early medieval England., Parker takes us through the rhythms of the Anglo-Saxon year, charting its seasons and traditions: its weather and agricultural patterns, its festivals and religious customs . . . Her lyrical, insightful book is being published in a year in which heat records have been broken across the world, and Weland's winter-cold misery has ceded to a summer-hot equivalent. If heat is now the invading warrior, then it is one we have invited. As the crisis deepens, the texts that survive from Anglo-Saxon England 'speak truths that we still need to hear' about the rhythms of nature and our dependency on the bounty of the earth., This examination of the year as seen in Anglo-Saxon England is a celebration of the relationship between people and Nature. The introduction describes the cycle of seasons and rhythms of growth and decay as the year progresses. Eleanor outlines the similarities to and differences from the Gregorian calendar, which is how we currently trace the passing of time. The book uses Old English verse (with modern translations) to paint vivid pictures of how our ancestors lived., Delightful and informative . . .Parker writes with great empathy, evoking the lost world of pre-Conquest England., This lovely book acts as a portal back to an older time, using the poetry of medieval England to unlock a world where the seasons, and the changing weather, are a subject of deep pleasure and renewing wonder., Extraordinary . . . To follow Parker's lucid account is to experience both a profound sense of kinship with the past and at the same time a sense of rupture, of profound difference, for better and for worse. I couldn't help but feel immensely sad at what has been lost., Winters in the World presents it readers with a guided tour through the Anglo-Saxon perception and measurement of time - a reckoning that was more closely linked to the rhythms of the natural world than our own today yet from which we still retain aspects of which we may not be aware., A heart-warmer for the coming winter, . . . [and] we could do worse than choose Ms. Parker's book for a wintry companion., A literary book of calendric history . . . Parker's Winters in the World is an education fit for the [scholar] and lay person who wishes to expand upon what it means to exist as humans in a world full of wyrd winters.
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
942.01
Table Of Content
Preface Introduction: The Anglo-saxon year WINTER 1 FROM WINTER INTO WINTER 2 MIDWINTER LIGHT 3 NEW YEAR TO CANDLEMAS SPRING 4 THE COMING OF SPRING 5 CHEESE AND ASHES 6 EASTER SUMMER 7 BLOSSOMING SUMMER 8 FESTIVALS OF THE LAND AND SKY 9 MIDSUMMER AUTUMN 10 HARVEST 11 FALLOW AND FALL 12 THE MONTH OF BLOOD References Bibliography Acknowledgements Index
Synopsis
Winters in the World is a beautifully observed journey through the cycle of the year in Anglo-Saxon England, exploring the festivals, customs and traditions linked to the different seasons. Drawing on a wide variety of source material, including poetry, histories and religious literature, Eleanor Parker investigates how Anglo-Saxons felt about the annual passing of the seasons and the profound relationship they saw between human life and the rhythms of nature. Many of the festivals we celebrate in Britain today have their roots in the Anglo-Saxon period, and this book traces their surprising history, as well as unearthing traditions now long forgotten. It celebrates some of the finest treasures of medieval literature and provides an imaginative connection to the Anglo-Saxon world. 'A lyrical journey through the Anglo-Saxon year...[this book] is a beautiful, charming, and evocative voyage into what, to many of us, seems a very distant past...Parker shows herself to be a master of her subject. Her knowledge is superb; her writing a form of poetry itself...No-one can come away from this book still believing the Anglo-Saxons to have lived through the "Dark Ages."' -- Get History 'In this wonderfully poetic journey through the Anglo-Saxon year, Parker offers a profound meditation on time and the world, nature and its seasons. Plunging the reader into the glorious cadences of Old English poetry with her supple translations, Parker brings to vivid life the terrors of winter, spring's promise, the joyful warmth of summer , and the melancholy of autumn, powerfully connecting us with a rich and vital past that we have not quite lost.' -- Carolyne Larrington, professor of Medieval European literature, University of Oxford 'A fascinating, informative, and hauntingly authentic account of the Anglo-Saxon experience of time; Parker shows that understanding the early English calendar is a crucial point of access to Anglo-Saxon spirituality, learning, science, poetry, and much more besides.' -- Francis Young, author of Magic in Merlin's Realm: A History of Occult Politics in Britain, Interweaving literature, history, and religion, an exquisite meditation on the turning of the seasons in medieval England--now in paperback. Winters in the World is a beautifully observed journey through the cycle of the year in Anglo-Saxon England, exploring the festivals, customs, and traditions linked to the different seasons. Drawing on a wide variety of source material, including poetry, histories, and religious literature, Eleanor Parker investigates how Anglo-Saxons felt about the annual passing of the seasons and the profound relationship they saw between human life and the rhythms of nature. Many of the festivals celebrated in the United Kingdom today have their roots in the Anglo-Saxon period, and this book traces their surprising history while unearthing traditions now long forgotten. It celebrates some of the finest treasures of medieval literature and provides an imaginative connection to the Anglo-Saxon world.
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