Kingship and consent in Anglo-Saxon England, 871-978 : assemblies and the state in the early Middle Ages /

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This is an engaging new study of how kingship and royal government operated in the late Anglo-Saxon period.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Roach, Levi, 1985-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Colección:Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought.
Temas:
England. > Witenagemot.
England. > Witenagemot
Graubünden > Regierung
Anglo-Saxons > Politics and government.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Reference.
Anglo-Saxons > Politics and government
Witan
Bad König
England
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Assembling consent in ninth- and tenth-century England
  • Assembly attendance
  • Meeting places and times of assemblies
  • Royal charters and assemblies
  • Legislation and consent : Law making and assembly politics
  • Symbols in context: Ritual and demonstration at assemblies
  • The witan and the settlement of disputes
  • The "further business" of the witan
  • Ritual and reality: the problem of the sources
  • The role of the witan: celebration and persuasion.

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