Kingship, Legislation and Power in Anglo-Saxon England (Pubns Manchester Centre for Anglo-Saxon Studies, 13) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 184383877X ISBN 13: 9781843838777

Publisher: BOYE6, 2013

Synopsis

The essays collected here focus on how Anglo-Saxon royal authority was expressed and disseminated, through laws, delegation, relationships between monarch and Church, and between monarchs at times of multiple kingships and changing power ratios. Specific topics include the importance of kings in consolidating the English "nation"; the development of witnesses as agents of the king's authority; the posthumous power of monarchs; how ceremonial occasions were used for propaganda reinforcing heirarchic, but mutually beneficial, kingships; the implications of Ine's lawcode; and the language of legislation when English kings were ruling previously independent territories, and the delegation of local rule. The volume also includes a groundbreaking article by Simon Keynes on Anglo-Saxon charters, looking at the origins of written records, the issuing of royal diplomas and the process, circumstances, performance and function of production of records. Gale R. Owen-Crocker is Professor of Anglo-Saxon Culture at the University of Manchester. Contributors: Ann Williams, Alexander R. Rumble, Carole Hough, Andrew Rabin, Barbara Yorke, Ryan Lavelle, Alaric Trousdale

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About the Author:

Gale R. Owen-Crocker is Professor Emerita at the University of Manchester, having previously been Professor of Anglo-Saxon Culture and Director of the Manchester Centre for Anglo-Saxon Studies. She has written extensively on Anglo-Saxon culture, particularly in the field of dress and textiles and has published several books. She directed the production of a database of dress/textile terms in all languages of the British Isles

Review:

This book has much to offer and is of great interest for the various ways in which Anglo-Saxon kings were able to articulate their power and authority throughout the Anglo-Saxon period and in different parts of the country. PARLIAMENTARY HISTORY Overall, the value of this book lies in its desire to grapple with the practical workings of Anglo-Saxon kingship, together with its speculative imagination, which, guided by expert knowledge, presents exciting possibilities. HISTORY

About this edition

• Publisher: BOYE6
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 184383877X
• ISBN 13: 9781843838777
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 318
• Editor: Owen-Crocker Professor Gale R., Schneider Brian W.