Anglo-Saxon myths : state and church, 400-1066 /
In this collection of essays Nicholas Brooks explores some of the earliest and most problematical 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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; Rio Grande, Ohio :
Hambledon Press,
©2000.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- History and myth, forgery and truth
- Introduction to 'the making of England'
- The creation and early structure of the kingdom of Kent
- The formation of the Mercian Kingdom
- The English origin myth
- The ecclesiastical topography of early Medieval Canterbury
- The cathedral community at Canterbury, 597-1070
- The career of St. Dunstan
- Anglo-Saxon charters : a review of work, 1953-73 : with a postscript on the period 1973-98
- A new charter of King Edgar
- The Micheldever forgery
- Romney Marsh in the early Middle Ages.