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Kingship, Legislation and Power in Anglo-Saxon England
Gale Owen-Crocker
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Description for Kingship, Legislation and Power in Anglo-Saxon England
Hardback. Editor(s): Owen-Crocker, Gale R.; Schneider, Brian W. Series: Pubns Manchester Centre for Anglo-Saxon Studies. Num Pages: 318 pages. BIC Classification: HBLC. Dimension: 237 x 164 x 27. Weight in Grams: 736.
The relationship between Anglo-Saxon kingship, law, and the functioning of power is explored via a number of different angles. 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 wereused for propaganda reinforcing heirarchic, but mutually beneficial, kingships; the implications of Ine's lawcode; and the ... Read more
The relationship between Anglo-Saxon kingship, law, and the functioning of power is explored via a number of different angles. 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 wereused for propaganda reinforcing heirarchic, but mutually beneficial, kingships; the implications of Ine's lawcode; and the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Number of pages
318
Condition
New
Number of Pages
318
Place of Publication
Woodbridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843838777
SKU
V9781843838777
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About Gale Owen-Crocker
Gale R. Owen-Crocker is Professor Emerita of the University of Manchester where she was previously Professor of Anglo-Saxon Culture and Director of the Manchester Centre for Anglo-Saxon Studies. Andrew Rabin is a Professor in the English Department at the University of Louisville. ... Read more
Reviews for Kingship, Legislation and Power in Anglo-Saxon England
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 ... Read more
PARLIAMENTARY HISTORY
Overall, the value of this book lies in its desire to grapple with the practical workings of Anglo-Saxon ... Read more