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Trees in Anglo-Saxon England: Literature, Lore and Landscape (Anglo-Saxon Studies)
Trees in AngloSaxon England Literature Lore and Landscape - Anglo-Saxon Studies Author:Della Hooke Trees played a particularly important part in the rural economy of Anglo-Saxon England, both for wood and timber and as a wood-pasture resource, with hunting gaining a growing cultural role. But they are also powerful icons in many pre-Christian religions, with a degree of tree symbolism found in Christian scripture too. This wide-ranging book e... more »xplores both the `real', historical and archaeological evidence of trees and woodland, and as they are depicted in Anglo-Saxon literature and legend. Place-name and charter references cast light upon the distribution of particular tree species (mapped here in detail for the first time) and also reflect upon regional character in a period that was fundamental for the evolution of the present landscape.« less