Intersections: The Archaeology and History of Christianity in England, 400-1200: Papers in Honour of Martin Biddle and Birthe Kjølbye-Biddle

Product Description Papers in Honour of Martin Biddle and Birthe Kjbye-Biddle. Contents: Preface (Martin Henig and Nigel Ramsay); Martin Biddle and Birthe Kjbye-Biddle: An Appreciation (Martin Henig, Thomas Beaumont James, Anthony King and Nigel Ramsay); List of Publications of Martin Biddle and of Birthe Kjbye-Biddle (Compiled by Anthony King); Commendation by Queen Margrethe II of Denmark; 1) A Roman Silver Jug with Biblical Scenes from the Treasure found at Traprain Law (Kenneth Painter); 2) Hand-washing and Foot-washing, Sacred and Secular, in Late Antiquity and the Early Medieval Period (Anthea Harris and Martin Henig); 3) Christian Origins at Gloucester: A Topographical Inquiry (Carolyn Heighway); 4) New Evidence for the Transition from the Late Roman to the Saxon Period at St Martin-in-the-Fields, London (Alison Telfer); 5) Ethnic Identity and the Origins, Purpose and Occurrence of Pattern-Welded Swords in Sixth-Century Kent: The Case of the Saltwood Cemetery (Brian Gilmour); 6) Communities of the Living and the Dead: The Relationship Between Anglo-Saxon Settlements and Cemeteries, c. 450 - c. 850. (Helena Hamerow); 7) The Oliver's Battery Hanging-Bowl Burial from Winchester, and its Place in the Early History of Wessex (Barbara Yorke); 8) More Markets, Minsters, and Metal-Detector Finds: Middle Saxon Hampshire a Decade On (Katharina Ulmschneider); 9) Food, Fasting and Starvation: Food Control and Body Consciousness in Early Anglo-Saxon England (Sally Crawford); 10) Bede and Roman Britain (Michael Lapidge); 11) Questioning Bede (James Campbell); 11) Offa's St Albans (Rosalind Niblett); 12) A Possible Commemorative Stone for Æthelmund, Father of Æthelric (Michael Hare); 13) The Prehistory of English Fonts (John Blair); 14) Architecture, Music, and Time in Wulfstan's Verse (David Howlett); 15) "Knights" before the Round Table: Cnihtas, Guildhalls and Governance in Early Winchester (Derek Keene); 16) Winchester in Domesday Book (Julian Munby); 17) The Romanesque West Front of Winchester Cathedral (John Crook); 18) Reflections on Tithes and the Formation of Parishes (Christopher Brooke); 19) Henry of Blois, the Cluny Connection and Two Ivories in the Victoria and Albert Museum (Pamela Tudor-Craig). About the Author Martin Henig and Nigel Ramsay