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The Anglo-Saxon Chancery : the history, language and production of Anglo-Saxon charters from Alfred to Edgar /
The principal aim of this book is to assess Anglo-Saxon charters from a "literary" point of view. In the ninth century, a new and highly complex Latin style started to appear in Anglo-Saxon charters: rather than writing traditional, straightforward legal language, the authors of these docu...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK :
Boydell Press,
[2015]
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| Colección: | Anglo-Saxon studies ;
28. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The principal aim of this book is to assess Anglo-Saxon charters from a "literary" point of view. In the ninth century, a new and highly complex Latin style started to appear in Anglo-Saxon charters: rather than writing traditional, straightforward legal language, the authors of these documents turned to their Anglo-Saxon literary heritage for inspiration, and began to fill their charters with complex and archaic vocabulary, extensive metaphors and lurid imagery. Dr Snook offers a thorough discussion of why and how this seemingly inappropriate style was adopted, throwing light on a range of broader issues, including the place of the documents in the wider intellectual history of tenth-century England, and their role in promoting the ideologies of different Anglo-Saxon kings. Benjamin Snook gained his doctorate from Cambridge University |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 234 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-218) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9781782044796 1782044795 1783270063 9781783270064 |