Helen Gittos
Biographic Data
| ID | 5687073 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Helen Gittos |
| GIVEN NAMES | Helen |
| FAMILY NAME | Gittos |
| SIGNATURE | GITTOS H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Kent |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Cerne Giant in Its Early Medieval Context
The recent dating of the Cerne Abbas Giant came as a surprise. This huge, naked figure was cut into a Dorset hillside not, as many have supposed, in prehistory, nor in the early modern period, but in the early Middle Ages. This means that for the first time it is possible to place the Cerne Giant within a cultural context. In this article, we propose an explanation for when and why he was originally cut as an image of Hercules. We also argue that…
Sutton Hoo and Syria
The Sutton Hoo ship burial is one of the most famous examples of a group of lavishly furnished graves of the late sixth and early seventh centuries in south-east England. The discovery in 2003 of another, at Prittlewell (in Southend, Essex), and its publication in 2019, has brought our knowledge of them into sharper focus. One of the characteristics of these burials is that they tend to contain objects that were made in the eastern Mediterranean …
Understanding Medieval Liturgy
The audience for Old English texts
There is a persistent view that Old English texts were mostly written to be read or heard by people with no knowledge of Latin, or little understanding of it, especially the laity. This is not surprising because it is what the texts themselves tend to say. In this article I argue that these statements about audience reflect two rhetorical devices and should not be understood literally. This has implications for our understanding of the reasons wh…
Landscapes of Monastic Foundation
Dying and Death in Later Anglo-Saxon England
The opening of this book reads like the first line of a detective novel: ‘In mid-June, 918, a woman's corpse was carried a hundred kilometres across the West Midlands, from her death-bed in Tamworth to her grave in Gloucester’ (p. 1). Thompson engages her readers and does so by drawing their attention to the details of individuals' lives. Throughout, she oscillates between precise, nuanced discussion of sources that she has found particularly rev…
Alban and St Albans
Sutton Hoo and Syria
The Sutton Hoo ship burial is one of the most famous examples of a group of lavishly furnished graves of the late sixth and early seventh centuries in south-east England. The discovery in 2003 of another, at Prittlewell (in Southend, Essex), and its publication in 2019, has brought our knowledge of them into sharper focus. One of the characteristics of these burials is that they tend to contain objects that were made in the eastern Mediterranean …
The audience for Old English texts
There is a persistent view that Old English texts were mostly written to be read or heard by people with no knowledge of Latin, or little understanding of it, especially the laity. This is not surprising because it is what the texts themselves tend to say. In this article I argue that these statements about audience reflect two rhetorical devices and should not be understood literally. This has implications for our understanding of the reasons wh…
Alban and St Albans
Dying and Death in Later Anglo-Saxon England
The opening of this book reads like the first line of a detective novel: ‘In mid-June, 918, a woman's corpse was carried a hundred kilometres across the West Midlands, from her death-bed in Tamworth to her grave in Gloucester’ (p. 1). Thompson engages her readers and does so by drawing their attention to the details of individuals' lives. Throughout, she oscillates between precise, nuanced discussion of sources that she has found particularly rev…
Landscapes of Monastic Foundation
The audience for Old English texts
There is a persistent view that Old English texts were mostly written to be read or heard by people with no knowledge of Latin, or little understanding of it, especially the laity. This is not surprising because it is what the texts themselves tend to say. In this article I argue that these statements about audience reflect two rhetorical devices and should not be understood literally. This has implications for our understanding of the reasons wh…
Understanding Medieval Liturgy
The Cerne Giant in Its Early Medieval Context
The recent dating of the Cerne Abbas Giant came as a surprise. This huge, naked figure was cut into a Dorset hillside not, as many have supposed, in prehistory, nor in the early modern period, but in the early Middle Ages. This means that for the first time it is possible to place the Cerne Giant within a cultural context. In this article, we propose an explanation for when and why he was originally cut as an image of Hercules. We also argue that…
Sutton Hoo and Syria
The Sutton Hoo ship burial is one of the most famous examples of a group of lavishly furnished graves of the late sixth and early seventh centuries in south-east England. The discovery in 2003 of another, at Prittlewell (in Southend, Essex), and its publication in 2019, has brought our knowledge of them into sharper focus. One of the characteristics of these burials is that they tend to contain objects that were made in the eastern Mediterranean …
History (7 works) · Archaeology (6 works) · History (6 works) · Art (5 works) · Medieval Literature and History (5 works) · Byzantine Studies and History (3 works) · Classics (3 works) · Classics (3 works) · Ancient history (2 works) · Context (archaeology (2 works)