The Reigns of Edmund, Eadred and Eadwig, 939-959

New Interpretations
Herausgeber: Blanchard, Mary Elizabeth; Riedel, Christopher

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Produktbeschreibung

Essays highlighting the importance of three kings - Edmund, Eadred and Eadwig - in understanding England in the tenth century.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Boydell & Brewer
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Februar 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 513g
• ISBN-13: 9781783277643
• ISBN-10: 1783277645
• Artikelnr.: 68589738

Autorenporträt

Edited by Mary Elizabeth Blanchard and Christopher Riedel

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction - Mary Elizabeth Blanchard and Christopher Riedel 1.
Forgetting Kings: The First 100 Years of Historiography of Eadred's and
Eadwig's Reigns - Alison Hudson 2. King and Church in the Laws of King
Edmund - Nicole Marafioti 3. Edmund's Oath of Loyalty in Perspective:
Innovation, Emulation, and a French Prince - Isabelle Beaudoin 4. 'Both to
Bind and to Loosen': Royal Power and the Heriots of Ealdormen and Bishops -
Stuart Pracy 5. The Many Kings of Archbishop Wulfstan I - Andrew Rabin 6.
Going North: Revisiting the End of Northern Independence - Neil McGuigan 7.
Eadgifu at Eadred's Court: the Expansion of and Limits on the Role of Mater
Regis - Mary Elizabeth Blanchard 8. Eadwig Has a Threesome: Sex and the
Breaking of Authority in the Tenth Century - Katherine Weikert 9. London,
British Library, Cotton Vespasian D. XV: A Priest's Book from before the
Benedictine Reform? - Gerald Dyson