~ found on the banks of the River Ivel, Bedfordshire, in 2001 ( British Museum )

Anglo-Saxon Traces: 'Her mon mæg giet gesion hiora swæð'

In London there are many reminders of Anglo-Saxon England, in our streets, libraries, museums. The conference is centered on remembering and celebrating England 's Anglo-Saxon past. Above all we have tried to focus on the Anglo-Saxon understanding of the physical environment as reflected in its settlements, buildings and artefacts, its books and manuscripts, luxury and everyday objects. Strands address wealth and status; sense of place; buildings (their uses and their relationship to the material remains of the pre-Anglo-Saxon past); rural and urban settlement, and trade; writing and manuscripts; liturgy and worship. With these themes in mind, we looked for a fully interdisciplinary conference with a strong evidential focus, and we are delighted to have attracted contributions with this approach from literary and linguistic specialists, historians, art historians, numismatists, archaeologists, and liturgists.

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Click here for the website of the International Society of Anglo-Saxonists.