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Book SynopsisContributions to the forty-ninth volume of Anglo-Saxon England focus on various aspects of Anglo-Saxon culture and history across a period from the sixth to the thirteenth century, from Anglo-Saxon wedding rites in be wifmannes beweddunge to isotopic evidence of elite diets and a reassessment of feorm. Each article is preceded by a short abstract.
Table of ContentsList of illustrations; List of abbreviations; 1. Record of the nineteenth conference of the International Society of Anglo-Saxonists at the University of New Mexico, 29 July–2 August 2019 Timothy Graham; 2. Bede, bishops and Bisi of East Anglia: questions of chronology and Episcopal consecration in the Historia Ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum Calum Platts; 3. A further fragment of the abridged version of Cassiodorus's Commentary on the Psalms Helen Imhoff; 4. Be wifmannes beweddunge: betrothals and weddings in Anglo-Saxon England Samuel Cardwell; 5. Food and power in early Medieval England: rethinking Feorm Tom Lambert and Sam Leggett; 6. Food and power in early Medieval England: a lack of (isotopic) enrichment Sam Leggett and Tom Lambert; 7. The limits of Bookland John Blair; 8. Slave resistance in early Medieval England Janel M. Fontaine.
