Kingship, Legislation and Power in Anglo-Saxon England

Name: Kingship, Legislation and Power in Anglo-Saxon England
Brand: Boydell Press
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By Owen-Crocker, Gale R

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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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Number of Pages:: 320
Release Date:: 2013-11-21
Publication Date:: 2013-11-01
Publisher:: Boydell Press
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 184383877X
ISBN13:: 9781843838777
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 646 g
Height:: 16.1 cm
Width:: 24 cm
Thickness:: 2.2 cm

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