Writing, kingship, and power in Anglo-Saxon England:

"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 and material artefacts. This book, written by leading experts, brings together new research that represents the best of the current scholar...

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Weitere Verfasser: Naismith, Rory 1983- (HerausgeberIn), Woodman, David A. 1981- (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2018
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Zusammenfassung:"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 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"...
Beschreibung:xxix, 335 Seiten Illustrationen
ISBN:9781107160972
9781108744782
DOI:10.11588/frrec.2019.3.66345

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