Feasting the Dead: Food and Drink in Anglo-Saxon Burial Rituals

by Christina Lee

An examination of the frequently elaborate rituals of food and feasting in Anglo-Saxon funeral rites.

Anglo-Saxons were frequently buried with material artefacts, ranging from pots to clothing to jewellery, and also with items of food, while the funeral ritual itself was frequently marked by feasting, sometimes at the graveside. The book examines the place of food and feasting in funerary rituals from the earliest period to the eleventh century,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843831422
• ISBN13: 9781843831426
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 197 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.6" x 9.4"