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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823966203321

Autore

Brooks Nicholas

Titolo

Anglo-Saxon myths : state and church, 400-1066 / / Nicholas Brooks

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Rio Grande, Ohio : , : Hambledon Press, , 2000

ISBN

1-4725-9843-1

1-282-02466-3

9786612024665

0-8264-5792-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (327 p.)

Disciplina

942.01

Soggetti

Church and state - Great Britain - History - To 1500

Great Britain Church history 449-1066

Great Britain Politics and government 449-1066

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Figures; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Preface; 1 History and Myth, Forgery and Truth; 2 Introduction to 'The Making of England'; 3 The Creation and Early Structure of the Kingdom of Kent; 4 The Formation of the Mercian Kingdom; 5 The English Origin Myth; 6 The Ecclesiastical Topography of Early Medieval Canterbury; 7 The Cathedral Community at Canterbury, 597-1070; 8 The Career of St Dunstan; 9 Anglo-Saxon charters: A Review of Work 1953-73; 10 A New Charter of King Edgar; 11 The Micheldever Forgery; 12 Romney Marsh in the Early Middle Ages; Index of Charters; Index

Sommario/riassunto

"In this collection of essays Nicholas Brooks explores some of the earliest and most problematic sources, both written and archaeological, for early English history. In his hands, the structure and functions of Anglo-Saxon origin stories and charters (whether authentic or forged) illuminate English political and social structures, as well as ecclesiastical, urban and rural landscapes. Together with already published essays, this work includes an account of the developments in the study of Anglo-Saxon charters over the last 20 years."--Bloomsbury Publishing.