Myth, Rulership, Church and Charters

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`This excellent collection comprises essays from many of the foremost current scholars of Anglo-Saxon England. Like Nicholas Brooks's own works they focus on politics, charter scholarship, and the construction of historical memory, and range across the whole period between the fifth and twelfth centuries. An insightful and imaginative piece by Yorke reconstructs on the origin-legends likely to have been formulated in the unrecorded pagan period. There is a certain emphasis on tenth-century politics, including major contributions on A?thelflaed (Stafford), A?thelstan (Nelson and Foot) and Dunstan (Cubitt). Campbell's historiographical essay on E.W. Robertson, a Victorian scholar who is almost never read but who anticipated all the best ideas of the Anglo-Saxonists who have never read him, is a revelation. This is exciting and original scholarship of the highest quality.' John Blair, The Queen's College Oxford, UK 'This volume offers an affectionate tribute to a well-loved scholar from distinguished friends, colleagues and former students. The breadth of its scope reflects the exceptional disciplinary range of its honorand. Students and teachers of Anglo-Saxon history will find material here to entertain, inform, and challenge them.' Julia Crick, University of Exeter, UK 'This Festschrift aims to cover the honorand's research interests as they appear in the title. This is an ambitious aim, given the wide range of these interests, but an aim which has been splendidly achieved in the present collection of essays.' English Historical Review 'The festschrift honouring the esteemed Nicholas Brooks truly befits the honoree. ... The fourteen essays that follow make significant contributions to early English history.' Revue d'Histoire Ecclesiastique 'The collection stands as a fine tribute to the influential contributions of the honorand.' Early Medieval Europe