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BL
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987970
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b742340
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| Main Entry
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Lee, Christina.
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| Title & Author
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Feasting the dead : : food and drink in Anglo-Saxon burial rituals /\ Christina Lee.
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| Publication Statement
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Woodbridge :: Boydell Press,, 2007.
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| Series Statement
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Anglo-Saxon studies
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| Page. NO
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1 online resource (xiv, 176 pages) :: illustrations.
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| ISBN
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1846155428
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: 9781846155420
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1843831422
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9781843831426
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Eorđan wæstmas : a feast for the living -- Bare bones : animals in cemeteries -- Pots, buckets, and cauldrons : the inventory of feasting -- Last orders? -- The grateful dead : feasting and memory -- Feasting between the margins.
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| Abstract
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The book examines the place of food and feasting in funerary rituals from the earliest period to the eleventh century, considering the changes and transformations that occurred during this time, drawing on a wide range of sources, from archaeological evidence to the existing texts.
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Anglo-Saxons-- Funeral customs and rites-- England.
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Food habits-- England-- History-- To 1500.
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Funeral rites and ceremonies-- England-- History-- To 1500.
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Angelsachsen
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Bestattung
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Food habits.
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Funeral rites and ceremonies.
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HISTORY.
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Ritus
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Archaeology.
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Trinken
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Great Britain, History, Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066.
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Angelsachsen.
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England.
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Essen
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Great Britain.
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Großbritannien
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| Dewey Classification
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942.01
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| LC Classification
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DA152.2.L44 2007
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