Trees in the Religions of Early Medieval England Bintley Michael D.J.Paperback
Trees in the Religions of Early Medieval England Bintley Michael D.J.Paperback Trees were of fundamental importance in Anglo-Saxon material culture - but they were also a powerful presence in…
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Trees in the Religions of Early Medieval England Bintley Michael D.J.Paperback
Trees 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. It argues that certain characteristics of sacred trees in England can be determined from insular contexts alone, independent of comparative evidence from culturally related peoples. This book shows that they remained prominent in early English Christianity, and indeed that they may have played a crucial role in mediating the transition between ancient beliefs and the new faith.
Tree symbolism helped early English Christians to understand how the beliefs of their ancestors about trees, posts, and pillars paralleled the appearance of similar objects in the Old Testament. This nevertheless suggests the existence of traditions comparable to those found in Scandinavia and Germany. In this way, the religious