Writing, Kingship and Power in Anglo-Saxon England (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Naismith, Rory

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The workings of royal and ecclesiastical authority in Anglo-Saxon England can only be understood on the basis of direct engagement with original texts and material artefacts. This book, written by leading experts, brings together new research that represents the best of the current scholarship on the nexus between authority and written sources from Anglo-Saxon England. Ranging from the seventh to the eleventh century, the chapters in this volume offer fresh approaches to a wide range of linguistic, historical, legal, diplomatic and palaeographical evidence. Central themes include the formation of power in early Anglo-Saxon kingdoms during the age of Bede (d. 735) and Offa of Mercia (757-96), authority and its articulation in the century from Edgar (959-75) to 1066, and the significance of books and texts in expressing power across the period. Writing, Kingship and Power in Anglo-Saxon England represents a critical resource for students and scholars alike with an interest in early medieval history from political, institutional and cultural perspectives.

---

Dieser Download kann aus rechtlichen Gründen nur mit Rechnungsadresse in A, B, BG, CY, CZ, D, DK, EW, E, FIN, F, GR, HR, H, IRL, I, LT, L, LR, M, NL, PL, P, R, S, SLO, SK ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. November 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108500760
• Artikelnr.: 50216224

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction Rory Naismith and David A. Woodman; 2. Simon Keynes: the
man and the scholar Oliver Padel; Part I. The Formation of Power: The Early
Anglo-Saxon Kingdom: 3. Bede's Kings Sarah Foot; 4. Hagiography and
charters in early Northumbria David A. Woodman; 5. Origins of the kingdom
of the English David N. Dumville; 6. Losing the plot? 'Filthy assertions'
and 'unheard-of deceit' in Codex Carolinus 92 Jinty Nelson; Part II.
Authority and its Articulation in Late Anglo-Saxon England: 7. Fathers and
daughters: the case of Æthelred II Pauline Stafford; 8. The historian and
Anglo-Saxon coinage: the case of late Anglo-Saxon England Rory Naismith; 9.
Charters and exemption from geld in Anglo-Saxon England David Pratt; 10. On
living in the time of tribulation: Archbishop Wulfstan's Sermo Lupi ad
Anglos and its eschatological context Catherine Cubitt; 11. A tale of two
charters: diploma production and political performance in Æthelredian
England Levi Roach; Part III. Books, Texts and Power: 12. Making manifest
God's judgement: interpreting ordeals in late Anglo-Saxon England Helen
Foxhall Forbes; 13. An eleventh-century prayerbook for women? The origins
and history of the Galba Prayerbook Julia Crick; 14. Writing Latin and Old
English in tenth-century England: patterns, formula and language choice in
the leases of Oswald of Worcester Francesca Tinti.