Writing, Kingship and Power in Anglo-Saxon England

Herausgeber: Naismith, Rory; Woodman, David A.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 366
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Juni 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 530g
• ISBN-13: 9781108744782
• ISBN-10: 1108744788
• Artikelnr.: 59764001

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.