"The papers published here are developed from presentations made at a Manchester Centre for Anglo-Saxon Studies Conference entitled 'The Anglo-Saxons in their World, ' held in 2010"--Page 1.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Bede's use of Gildas : two different chronological frameworks / Luca Larpi, The University of Manchester -- Bede's vision of an English Britain / Nicholas J. Higham, The University of Manchester -- The sense (or absence) of place in Bede / Christopher Grocock, independent scholar -- Lectun and orceard : a preliminary survey of the evidence for horticulture in Anglo-Saxon England / Debby Banham, University of Cambridge -- The complexities of the simple comb / Nicola Trzaska-Nartowski and Ian Riddler, independent scholars -- Dwarves, nosebleeds and a scurvy horse : some uses of manuscripts in late Anglo-Saxon England / Donald G. Scragg, The University of Manchester -- The liturgy and the laity / Joyce Hill, University of Leeds -- The moving centre : trade and travel in York from Roman to Anglo-Saxon times / Mateusz J. Fafinski, Humboldt Universität, Berlin -- Ships and the sea in the Exeter Book riddles / Jill Frederick, Minnesota State University Moorhead -- Besette swinlicum : sources for the iconography of the Sutton Hoo shoulder-clasps / Michael King, Down County Museum -- The myth of Scylla in Aldhelm's Enigmata / Marilina Cesario, Queen's University Belfast -- Aldhelm and the Byzantine world : serica, saba and Saraceni / Katherine Barker, Bournemouth University -- Speaking beyond the light : experience and auctoritas in the Wonders of the East and the Liber monstrorum / A.J. Ford, Church of England -- Cannibalism in Beowulf and older Germanic religion / Frank Battaglia, College of Staten Island, City University of New York -- The creation riddle and Anglo-Saxon cosmology / Erin Sebo, Queen's University Belfast.