Trees in Anglo-Saxon England : literature, lore and landscape /: literature, lore and landscape. (2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Della Hooke.
• Authors: Hooke, Della
• Contents: Frontcover; CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND TABLES; PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; PART I: Tree Symbolism; 1 Trees and Groves in Pre-Christian Belief; 2 Christianity and the Sacred Tree; 3 Trees in Literature; 4 Trees, Mythology and National Consciousness: into the Future; PART II: Trees and Woodland in the Anglo-Saxon Landscape; 5 The Nature and Distribution of Anglo-Saxon Woodland; 6 The Use of Anglo-Saxon Woodland: Place-Name and Charter Evidence; 7 Trees in the Landscape; PART III: Individual Tree Species in Anglo-Saxon England. 8 Trees of Wood-Pasture and 'Ancient Countryside'9 Trees of Wet Places in Early Medieval Records: Alder and Willow; 10 Trees of Open or Planned Countryside; 11 Other Trees Noted in Charters and Early Place-Names; 12 Trees not Readily Apparent in the Early Medieval Written Record; EPILOGUE; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; Backcover.
• Publisher Details: Woodbridge : Boydell & Brewer
• Publication Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (324 pages)
• Subjects: 942.01; Trees -- Folklore; Trees -- Great Britain -- History; Trees -- Symbolic aspects -- Great Britain; Trees in literature; HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain; LITERARY CRITICISM -- Medieval; Trees; Trees in literature; Trees -- Symbolic aspects; Great Britain -- History -- Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066; Great Britain; Electronic books; Folklore; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781846158841; 1846158842
• Related ISBNs: 9781843835653
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
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