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Originally published in 1992, this scarce, long out-of-print book draws together the varied evidence for the pagan religion of the early Saxons and interprets this evidence. David Wilson’s approach is distinctive in that the evidence is in the main taken from the United Kingdom, without using later Scandinavian material and back-projecting it into early England. Much of what has been gleaned... Read more
1.The Place-Name Evidence 2. Written Evidence 3. The Archaeological Evidence 1: Temples and Shrines 4. The Archaeological Evidence 2: Inhumation Rites 5. The Archaeological Evidence 3: Cremation Rites 6. Sutton Hoo – A Special Case 7. Endpiece.
Biography
Jeremy Murray-Brown (1932–2025)
Original Review of Anglo-Saxon Paganism:
‘General readers may find this book useful: it is short, well-illustrated and summarizes many existing but perhaps less accessible studies. Specialists may appreciate some of his original research, notably on the placenames and on the incidence of some burial practices…’ Tania M. Dickinson, Archaeological Journal, Volume 150, Issue 1 (1993)
