Daily life in Anglo-Saxon England

Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Timeline
Glossary
Chapter 1. Domestic Life
	Family
	Children
	Women
	Men
	Marriage
	Rites of Passage
	Primary Document A: Wynflæd’s Will, Part I: Widow Wynflæd Thinks of Her Family
	Primary Document B: A Remedy for Successful Birth
	Primary Document C: On Legal Marriage (Be wifmannes beweddunge
Chapter 2. Rural Life
	Seasons
	Farming and Agriculture
	Famine
	Ethnicity and Migration
	Social Class
	Slavery
	Primary Document D: Gerefa, Part I: How to Be an Expert Land Manager (Be sceadwisan gerefan)
	Primary Document E: Wynflæd’s Will, Part II: Wynflæd Decides What to Do with Her Slaves
Chapter 3. Economic Life
	Urban Life
	Trade
	Travel
	Labor
	Money
	Primary Document F: Gerefa, Part II: Providing Tools for the Laborers and Craftspeople on the Estate
	Primary Document G: Ælfric’s Colloquy—the
 Merchant and the Smith
Chapter 4. Intellectual Life
	Training and Education
	Health, Disease, and Disability
	Science
	Primary Document H: Ælfric’s Colloquy—the Pupils and the Plowman
	Primary Document I: Remedies for Eye Problems and a Test for Meningitis from Bald’s Leechbook
Chapter 5. Material Life
	Possessions
	Housing
	Lighting
	Furniture
	Clothing
	Hairstyles
	Primary Document J: Wulfwaru’s Will: The Joy of Stuff
	Primary Document K: Wynflæd’s Will, Part III: Cloths
 and Clothing
Chapter 6. Political Life
	Government Structure
	Laws and Policies
	Crime and Punishment
	Warfare
	Primary Document L: From the Laws of Æthelred II: Matching the Punishment to the Crime
	Primary Document M: Cynewulf and Cyneheard, from the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle 757
	Primary Document N: Extract from the Old English Life of St. Guthlac
Chapter 7. Recreational Life
	Exercise, Sports, and Games
	Music
	Dance
	Visual Arts
	Literature
	Humor
	Feasting, Food, and Drink
	Holidays and Festivals
	Primary Document O: Riddles from the Exeter Book: Bagpipe
	Primary Document P: More Riddles from the Exeter Book: Onion and Inkwell
	Primary Document Q: Old English Cookery: Seed Bread, Sage Omelet, and Soup
Chapter 8. Religious Life
	Beliefs
	Funerals
	Sacred Spaces
	Ritual Deposits
	Church
	Magic and Superstitions
	Primary Document R: The Father of English Religious Poetry? Cædmon’s Dream Song
	Primary Document S: An Extract from the Sermon of the Wolf to the English
	Primary Document T: Æcerbot: A Field Blessing Ritual
Bibliography
Index
About the Author