Trees in the Religions of Early Medieval England

Drawing on sources from archaeology and written texts, the author brings out the full significance of trees in both pagan and Christian Anglo-Saxon religion. Author won the Faculty Research Award from the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Canterbury Christ Church University. 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. This book shows that they remained promin