Mary E Ward
Biographic Data
| ID | 10890286 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mary E Ward |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mary E |
| FAMILY NAME | Ward |
| SIGNATURE | WARD M E |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Hard questions about hard woods: The exclusions in the Old English ‘ Æcerbot ’ Charm
The Old English charm whose rituals provide a remedy for land which is unproductive is designed to be undertaken by, for, and on behalf of, a community. Community in this instance includes not only a human component but every plant and animal that lives in or on the land in question with only two exceptions, a plant known as ‘glappan’ and a category of trees described as ‘hard trees’. This paper considers what is meant by ‘hard trees’ through an …
The wooded landscape of Old English poetry
Trees and woodland, and their products, were of considerable significance to the daily lives of the Anglo-Saxons. The usefulness of these as a resource was counter-balanced by the threat posed to the human community by the wildness of forests; both natural dangers from wolves and other animals, and the refuge that forests offered to the lawless and dispossessed. The tree and woodland imagery of the vernacular poetry of the period shows how the An…
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The wooded landscape of Old English poetry
Trees and woodland, and their products, were of considerable significance to the daily lives of the Anglo-Saxons. The usefulness of these as a resource was counter-balanced by the threat posed to the human community by the wildness of forests; both natural dangers from wolves and other animals, and the refuge that forests offered to the lawless and dispossessed. The tree and woodland imagery of the vernacular poetry of the period shows how the An…
Hard questions about hard woods: The exclusions in the Old English ‘ Æcerbot ’ Charm
The Old English charm whose rituals provide a remedy for land which is unproductive is designed to be undertaken by, for, and on behalf of, a community. Community in this instance includes not only a human component but every plant and animal that lives in or on the land in question with only two exceptions, a plant known as ‘glappan’ and a category of trees described as ‘hard trees’. This paper considers what is meant by ‘hard trees’ through an …
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