Lady with a Mead Cup: Ritual, Prophecy and Lordship in the European Warband from La Tene to the Viking Age (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781846824289)

Now available in paperback, 'Lady with a Mead Cup' is a broad-ranging, innovative, and strikingly original study of the early medieval barbarian cup-offering ritual and its social, institutional, and religious significance. Medievalists are familiar with the image of a queen offering a drink to a king or chieftain and to his retainers, the Wealhtheow scene in Beowulf being perhaps the most famous instance. Drawing on archaeology, anthropology, and philology, as well as medieval history, Professor Enright has produced the first work in English on the warband and on the significance of barbarian drinking rituals.

Author: Michael J. Enright
ISBN-10: 1846824281
ISBN-13: 9781846824289
Publisher: Four Courts Press
Language: English
Published: 06/30/2013
Pages: 356
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.10d