The ruler portraits of Anglo-Saxon England /

Between the reign of Alfred in the late ninth century and the arrival of the Normans in 1066, a unique set of images of kingship and queenship was developed in Anglo-Saxon England, images of leadership that centred on books, authorship and learning rather than thrones, sword and sceptres. Focusing o...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Karkov, Catherine E., 1956-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Woodbridge, Suffolk ; Rochester, NY : Boydell Press, 2004.
Series:Anglo-Saxon studies ; 3.
Subjects:
To 1500
Books and reading > England > History > To 1500.
Anglo-Saxons > Kings and rulers > Portraits.
Anglo-Saxons > Intellectual life.
Authorship > History > To 1500.
Portrait painting, English.
Anglo-Saxons > Rois et souverains > Portraits.
Anglo-Saxons > Vie intellectuelle.
Peinture de portraits anglaise.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Artists, Architects, Photographers.
ART > Subjects & Themes > Human Figure.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Royalty.
Anglo-Saxons > Kings and rulers.
Authorship.
Books and reading.
Intellectual life.
Kings and rulers.
Herrscherbild
Portretten.
Vorsten.
Beeldvorming.
Beschrijvingen.
Geschiedbronnen.
Angelsaksische tijd.
Great Britain > History > Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066.
Great Britain > Kings and rulers > Portraits.
Great Britain > Intellectual life > To 1066.
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 449-1066 (Période anglo-saxonne)
Grande-Bretagne > Vie intellectuelle > Jusqu'à 1066.
England.
Great Britain.
England
History.
Portraits.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Alfred
  • Æthelstan
  • Edgar and the royal women of the monastic reform
  • Ælfgifu/Emma and Cnut
  • Edward, the Godwines and the end of Anglo-Saxon England.

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