03197nam 22006013 450 991088150120332120241014011000.09781802702279180270227X10.1515/9781802702279(CKB)34513034600041(MiAaPQ)EBC31653236(Au-PeEL)EBL31653236(DE-B1597)704728(DE-B1597)9781802702279(OCoLC)1453752681(MdBmJHUP)musev2_123867(OCoLC)1455771567(EXLCZ)993451303460004120240912d2024 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Persuasive Agency of Objects and Practices in Alfred the Great's Reform Program1st ed.Amsterdam :Arc Humanities Press,2024.©2024.1 online resource (241 pages)CARMEN Visual and Material Cultures Series9781802700848 1802700846 Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- AUTHOR’S NOTE -- ABBREVIATIONS -- Prelude. The Enigmatic Alfred Jewel -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Military Innovation: Performing Alfredian Ideology -- Chapter 3. Alfredian Ideology -- Chapter 4. Alfredian Learning and Its Implications for Alfredian Reform -- Chapter 5. Text-Bodies: A Crucial Actant -- Chapter 6. Social Practices: Routinized Ways of Doing Things -- Chapter 7. The Enigmatic Alfred Jewel: A Powerful Player in Alfredian Reform -- Coda. Looking Forward: Alfred’s Successors -- Bibliography -- IndexAlfred the Great's early English kingdom was the only one to resist Viking conquest. His reform program strengthened the kingdom and enabled it to hold fast against the Vikings. But texts are largely silent on the process of reform. There has been a tendency to assume that these reforms would obviously be beneficial, but Alfred's elites were not to know that in advance. What motivated them to do as their king bid them?This book analyzes how objects and behaviours shaped aristocratic response to the reform program, using assemblage theory and social practice theory. The Alfred Jewel (as shown on the cover) exercised a powerful persuasive agency in Alfredian reform. Broadening the frame of inquiry beyond textual evidence, giving objects and behaviours their due, permits a richer and more nuanced understanding.CARMEN Visual and Material Cultures SeriesHISTORY / MedievalbisacshElectronic books. Aestel.Alfred Jewel.Wessex.assemblage theory.new materialism.HISTORY / Medieval.942.0164Pitt Georgina1767909MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910881501203321The Persuasive Agency of Objects and Practices in Alfred the Great's Reform Program4215231UNINA