New Distributed Titles Fall 2009 - Oxbow Books

medieval studies
Anglo-Saxon Studies 16
Form and Order in the Anglo-Saxon World,
AD 400–1100
edited by Sally Crawford and Helena Hamerow
with Leslie Webster
Contents: Medium and message in early Anglo-Saxon animal art:
some observations on the contexts of Salin’s Style I in England; ‘…
and pretty coins all in a row’; Anglo-Saxon art: some forms, orderings
and their meanings; The figural columns of early ninth-century
Anglo-Saxon England; Some observations on the use of Celtic
art in Insular manuscripts; Framing the Book of Durrow inside/
outside the Anglo-Saxon world; The Matthean sacrum in Anglo-
Saxon gospel books before Alfred the Great; The last Chi-rho in the
West? From Insular to Anglo-Saxon in the Boulogne 10 Gospels;
On the distribution of verse types in Old English Poetry.
128p, 72 b/w illus, paperback, 9781905905133, $70.00,
Oxford University School of Archaeology, December 2009.
The Impact of the Edwardian Castles in Wales
edited by Diane Williams and John Kenyon
This volume publishes the proceedings of a conference held in 2007
– a year that marked the seventh centenary of the death of King
Edward I. The volume includes papers calling into question the role
of Master James of St George, the role of Richard the Engineer, the
nature of royal accommodation in the thirteenth century, and a
detailed look at how households worked. Edwardian castles and
their context, their symbolism and meaning through the words
of Welsh poets, and the mythology behind Caernarfon Castle are
also examined. The wider context is considered with papers on the
Edwardian towns in Wales, the baronial castles in north Wales, and
Edward I in Scotland and Gascony.
240p, 120 b/w illus, 16p col pls, paperback, 9781842173800, $70.00,
Oxbow Books, December 2009.
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Life on the Edge
The Cistercian Abbey of Balmerino, Fife (Scotland)
The small Cistercian abbey at Balmerino on the southern shore of the Firth of Tay in north Fife has long languished in
relative obscurity, consigned to a supporting role in Scottish monastic studies. Current research has demonstrated
how wrong this interpretation is, for a monastery is not just the cluster of buildings enclosed within the monastic
precinct; it is also the community who inhabited it, the complex of lands, and the interaction with notables and
neighbors whose influence helped shape its history. This volume presents a different view of the significance of
the surviving record as a source for the social, economic and environmental history of Balmerino Abbey.
150p, 35 col illus, paperback, 9782960064711, $50.00, Citeaux, June 2009.
Prague and Bohemia
Medieval Art, Architecture
and Cultural Exchange in Central Europe
by Zoë Opacic
This volume explores one of the most creative periods in
Central European history. At its core is the medieval city of
Prague, which became the seat of the Luxembourg dynasty in
the 14th century and was fashioned as the political and cultural
capital of the Holy Roman Empire. That dramatic change
in the fortunes of Prague and Bohemia from Romanesque
roots to its late Gothic heyday and the religious uncertainties
of the Hussite era is examined through fifteen essays.
256p, 8 col pls, Maney Publishing, July 2009, British Archaeological Association Conference
Transactions 31. Paperback, 9781906540586, $62.00; hardback, 9781906540593, $130.00(s)
Inhumations de prestige ou prestige de l’inhumation?
Expressions du pouvoir dans l’au-delà (IVe-XVe siècle)
edited by Armelle Alduc-Le Bagousse
The contributions contained in this volume question the staging
of funerals, the commemorative representation of the
deceased, the role of the place of the burial as expressions of
non-sectarian or religious power, and the recognition or signification
of so-called ‘privileged’ burials within the funeral zone.
French text.
464p, paperback, 9782902685677, $48.00(s),
Brepols Publishers, March 2009, Tables Rondes du Crahm 4.
Aldhelm and Sherborne
Essays to Celebrate the Founding of the Bishopric
edited by Katherine Barker with Nicholas Brooks
This collection of papers follows on from a conference marking the 1300th anniversary of the
founding of the bishopric by Aldhelm of Malmesbury. They look at the work of Aldhelm and the
foundation of the see of Sherborne in the wider context of his career and his world.
208p, 4 col pls, CD-ROM, paperback, 9781842173572, $70.00, Oxbow Books, August 2009.
The David Brown Book Company – Fall 2009