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ALFRED THE GREAT
PAPERS FROM THE ELEVENTH-CENTENARY CONFERENCES |
| By: |
Timothy Reuter (Editor), Professor Nicholas Brooks, Dr. Joanna Story |
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Hardback |
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£175.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
075460957X |
| ISBN 13: |
9780754609575 |
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| Publisher: |
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
28 July, 2003 |
| Series: |
Studies in Early Medieval Britain and Ireland |
| Pages: |
404 |
| Description: |
Based on two conferences on Alfred the Great held in 1999, this volume provides assessments, by leading scholars, of issues of source-criticism, of the large corpus of Old English literature associated with Alfred and of developments in government and society in late 9th century England. |
| Synopsis: |
1999 marked the eleven-hundredth anniversary of the death of Alfred the Great, and to mark this event, two international conferences were held to re-evaluate and contextualise Alfred's achievements and the developments of his reign. This volume includes papers given at both events and provides substantial assessments, by leading scholars, of issues of source-criticism, of the large corpus of Old English literature associated with Alfred and of developments in government and society in late ninth-century England. It also explores how Alfred and his kingdom related to the wider geo-political and cultural situation in the British isles and continental Europe, and closes with a substantial survey of the uses and shifts in Alfred's reputation in the centuries following his death. This substantial and wide ranging volume will become a standard reference work for anyone interested in Old English literature or Anglo-Saxon history, and will set the pattern of future scholarly debate. |
| Illustrations: |
Includes 14 b&w illustrations |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Ashgate Publishing Limited |
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