Writing, Kingship and Power in Anglo-Saxon England
Published on 16. November 2017
Book
Hardback
364 pages
978-1-107-16097-2 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Reviews / Votes
'This collection, with its wide range of incisive offerings, stands as a fitting tribute to a scholar who has, across the last four decades, contributed in profound and myriad ways to the field of Anglo-Saxon studies and our understanding of early England.' Chelsea Shields-Mas, SpeculumMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
17 Halftones, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
680 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-107-16097-2 (9781107160972)
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Persons
Rory Naismith is a lecturer in Medieval History at King's College, London. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, and author of Money and Power in Anglo-Saxon England: The Southern English Kingdoms 757-865 (Cambridge, 2012) and Medieval European Coinage (Cambridge, 2017). David A. Woodman is a Fellow of Robinson College, Cambridge, where he is Director of Studies in History and Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
Content
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 AEthelred 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 AEthelredian 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.