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The Cruciform Brooch and Anglo-Saxon England

The Cruciform Brooch and Anglo-Saxon England

Martin, Toby F.

Hardcover

Series: Anglo-Saxon Studies, Book 25

Medieval & Renaissance HistoryArchaeology

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ISBN10: 1843839938
ISBN13: 9781843839934
Publisher: Boydell Pr
Published: Mar 19 2015
Pages: 406
Weight: 2.55
Height: 1.10 Width: 6.80 Depth: 9.70
Language: English
Examination and analysis of one of the most important artefacts of Anglo-Saxon society, the cruciform brooch, setting it in a wider context.

Cruciform brooches were large and decorative items of jewellery, frequently used to pin together women's garments in pre-Christian northwest Europe. Characterised by the strange bestial visages that project from the feet of thesedress and cloak fasteners, cruciform brooches were especially common in eastern England during the 5th and 6th centuries AD. For this reason, archaeologists have long associated them with those shadowy tribal originators of the English: the Angles of the Migration period.

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