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OverviewAn exploration of Anglo-Saxon charters, bringing out their complexity and highlighting a range of broad implications. More charters survive from Anglo-Saxon England than texts of any other type. In a society in which the ownership of land was fundamental to status, wealth and power, the charters which gifted and guaranteed landholdings were crucial not only as legal documents but also as instruments of political power. As responsibility for their production was increasingly centralised at the royal court in the ninth and tenth centuries, charters also became vehicles forroyal and religious propaganda, reflecting the dynamic and creative culture of tenth-century England. Through an analysis of the extraordinarily sophisticated Latin in which these documents were written, this book demonstrates the literary ambitions of their draughtsmen (who may certainly be considered as Anglo-Latin literary authors in their own right), and also sheds light on the political ideologies of Anglo-Saxon England's most powerful and enigmatic kings and churchmen. Most tantalising of all, perhaps, is the fact that the language of royal charters, which may preserve some of the very words uttered by the king, provides an unparalleled view of the mechanisms by whichthe developing kingdom of England was governed. Not only does it indicate the increasingly sophisticated bureaucracy of an administratively advanced state, but it also reveals an atmosphere of literary and cultural attainment, emanating directly from the king's court, as rich as any in the early medieval Insular world. Ben Snook teaches History at the Godolphin and Latymer School, London. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Ben SnookPublisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd Imprint: The Boydell Press Volume: v. 28 Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.576kg ISBN: 9781783270064ISBN 10: 1783270063 Pages: 252 Publication Date: 19 March 2015 Audience: College/higher education , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsThis monograph is an informed and invaluable contribution to the field, supplying a valuable resource that provides new answers to pressing questions and opens up fertile grounds for further considerae that provides new answers to pressing questions and opens up fertile grounds for further consideration and rese (T)here is a great deal to enjoy and profit from in this book. SPECULUM This monograph is an informed and invaluable contribution to the field, supplying a valuable resource that provides new answers to pressing questions and opens up fertile grounds for further consideration and research. MANUSCRIPTA (T)here is a great deal to enjoy and profit from in this book. SPECULUM Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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