Writing Kingship and Power in Anglo Saxon England

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Writing Kingship and Power in Anglo Saxon England

Author	: Rory Naismith
File Size	: 43,6 Mb
Publisher	: Cambridge University Press
Language	: English
Release Date	: 02 June 2024
ISBN	: 9781107160972
Pages	: 367 pages

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Writing Kingship and Power in Anglo Saxon England by Rory Naismith Book PDF Summary

This book brings together new research that represents current scholarship on the nexus between authority and written sources from Anglo-Saxon England. Ranging from the seventh to the eleventh century, the chapters in this volume offer fresh approaches to a wide range of linguistic, historical, legal, diplomatic and palaeographical evidence.

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