Cræft: An Inquiry into the Origins and True Meaning of Traditional Crafts

Author: Langlands, Alex
Title: Cræft: An Inquiry into the Origins and True Meaning of Traditional Crafts
Publisher: New York: Norton
Date: 2017
Pages: 343
ISBN13: 978-0-393-35657-1
Readership level: General
Genre: Nonfiction

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The Old English word "craeft" signified knowledge, skill, wisdom, and resourcefulness. Today, in the wake of industrialization, people are again seeking products made with authenticity -- artisan breads, local honey, craft beers, furniture and other goods made by human hands. Archaeologist and medieval historian Alexander Landlands travels from his home in Wales along the Atlantic seaboard of Europe learning a wide range of traditional manual skills, and searching for the lost meaning of craeft.