Trees in the Religions of Early Medieval England Bintley Hardback Boydell Press

Trees in the Religions of Early Medieval EnglandAuthor(s): Michael Bintley, Michael Bintley\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: The Boydell Press\nISBN-13: 9781843839897, 978-1843839897\nSynopsis\nDrawing on sources from archaeology and written texts, the author brings out the full significance of trees in both pagan and Christian Anglo-Saxon religion.\n\nAuthor won the Faculty Research Award from the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Canterbury Christ Church University.\n\nTrees were of fundamental importance in Anglo-Saxon material culture - but they were also a powerful presence in Anglo-Saxon religion before and after the introduction of Christianity. This book shows that they remained prominentin early English Christianity, and indeed that they may have played a crucial role in mediating the transition between ancient beliefs and the new faith. It argues that certain characteristics of sacred trees in England can be determined from insu.