Eleanor Parker Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Eleanor Parker

'The Lost Book of Barkynge' is a really lovely collection of poems which respond to the story of Barking Abbey - from its Anglo-Saxon origins through its long history as a community of female scholars and writers. And this essay about its creation is beautiful. https://t.co/Ssd3haTAXI

Eleanor Parker

It's Lammas, the start of the harvest season, and for me this month a long-planned project comes to fruition: my book 'Winters in the World' is out on 15 August. It's about the cycle of the seasons and yearly festivals celebrated in Anglo-Saxon England. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1789146720 https://twitter.com/ClerkofOxford/status/1553997299789053953 https://t.co/uKxK9lZaah

Eleanor Parker

@thatjoshjerez Hi, and thanks very much! I'd suggest Anders Winroth's book 'The Conversion of Scandinavia: Vikings, Merchants, and Missionaries in the Remaking of Northern Europe', or the essays about Scandinavia in 'The Cross Goes North', edited by Martin Carver.

Eleanor Parker

On Palm Sunday people used to gather their own 'palms', and did so long after processions were banned; plants picked today are said to protect against thunder, lightning and witchcraft. Hutton, 'Stations of the Sun', Watts, 'Dictionary of Plant Lore', & https://t.co/ultPDM4T2G https://t.co/vJy0QNTk9r