Anglo Saxon Kingship And Political Power
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Anglo Saxon Kingship And Political Power
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Author : Kathrin McCann
language : en
Publisher: University of Wales Press
Release Date : 2018-10-15
Anglo Saxon Kingship And Political Power written by Kathrin McCann and has been published by University of Wales Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-15 with History categories.
Works on Anglo-Saxon kingship often take as their starting point the line from Beowulf: ‘that was a good king’. This monograph, however, explores what it means to be a king, and how kings defined their own kingship in opposition to other powers. Kings derived their royal power from a divine source, which led to conflicts between the interpreters of the divine will (the episcopate) and the individual wielding power (the king). Demonstrating how Anglo-Saxon kings were able to manipulate political ideologies to increase their own authority, this book explores the unique way in which Anglo-Saxon kings understood the source and nature of their power, and of their own authority.
Kingship Legislation And Power In Anglo Saxon England
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Author : Gale R. Owen-Crocker
language : en
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Release Date : 2013
Kingship Legislation And Power In Anglo Saxon England written by Gale R. Owen-Crocker and has been published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with History categories.
The relationship between Anglo-Saxon kingship, law, and the functioning of power is explored via a number of different angles. The essays collected here focus on how Anglo-Saxon royal authority was expressed and disseminated, through laws, delegation, relationships between monarch and Church, and between monarchs at times of multiple kingships and changing power ratios. Specific topics include the importance of kings in consolidating the English "nation"; the development of witnesses as agents of the king's authority; the posthumous power of monarchs; how ceremonial occasions wereused for propaganda reinforcing heirarchic, but mutually beneficial, kingships; the implications of Ine's lawcode; and the language of legislation when English kings were ruling previously independent territories, and the delegation of local rule. The volume also includes a groundbreaking article by Simon Keynes on Anglo-Saxon charters, looking at the origins of written records, the issuing of royal diplomas and the process, circumstances, performance and function of production of records. GALE R. OWEN-CROCKER is Professor of Anglo-Saxon Culture at the University of Manchester. Contributors: Ann Williams, Alexander R. Rumble, Carole Hough, Andrew Rabin, Barbara Yorke, Ryan Lavelle, Alaric Trousdale
The Convert Kings
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Author : N. J. Higham
language : en
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Release Date : 1997
The Convert Kings written by N. J. Higham and has been published by Manchester University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Anglo-Saxons categories.
The story of the conversion of the English to Christianity traditionally begins with Augustine's arrival in 597. This text offers a critical re-evaluation of the process of conversion which assesses what the act really meant to new converts, who was responsible for it, and why particular figures both accepted conversion for themselves and threw their influence behind the spread of Christianity. The conversion has often been seen as something which missionaries did to the English. The book restores responsibility to the English and, in particular, King Aethelbert, Edwin, Oswald and Oswin, and it is their religious policies that form the focus of this text.
Writing Kingship And Power In Anglo Saxon England
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Author : Rory Naismith
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2018
Writing Kingship And Power In Anglo Saxon England written by Rory Naismith and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with History categories.
This book brings together new research that represents current scholarship on the nexus between authority and written sources from Anglo-Saxon England. Ranging from the seventh to the eleventh century, the chapters in this volume offer fresh approaches to a wide range of linguistic, historical, legal, diplomatic and palaeographical evidence.
The Road To Hastings
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Author : Paul Hill
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
The Road To Hastings written by Paul Hill and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with History categories.
The dramatic confrontation between Harold of England and William of Normandy at Senlac Ridge in 1066 was the result of almost a centruy of political & dynastic struggles. In this work, Hill explores the prolonged death-throes of Anglo-Saxon England & of an Englishman who could make a king bend to his will.
Kingship And Government In Pre Conquest England C 500 1066
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Author : Ann Williams
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 1999-04-28
Kingship And Government In Pre Conquest England C 500 1066 written by Ann Williams and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-04-28 with History categories.
This book is a study of the exercise of royal authority before the Norman Conquest. Six centuries separate the 'adventus Saxonum' from the battle of Hastings: during those long years, the English kings changed from warlords, who exacted submission by force, into law-givers to whom obedience was a moral duty. In the process, they created many of the administrative institutes which continued to serve their successors. They also created England: the united kingdom of the English people.
An Introduction To Anglo Saxon Kingship
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Author : Peter Fox
language : en
Publisher: Anglo-Saxon Books
Release Date : 2004
An Introduction To Anglo Saxon Kingship written by Peter Fox and has been published by Anglo-Saxon Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with History categories.
The primary purpose of this book is to be an introduction to the subject of early Anglo-Saxon kingship. Central to that subject is the huge impact that conversion to Christianity had upon Anglo-Saxon kingship. The aim is to answer four major questions: How did kingship manifest itself pre and post conversion and what theories underpinned early Anglo-Saxon kingship? What were the implications of conversion on the practicalities of kingship? How did Christinity interact with kings, was it passive tool, or did it challenge kings? What was the impact of conversion to Christianity on Anglo-Saxon kingship?
Kingship And Consent In Anglo Saxon England 871 978
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Author : Levi Roach
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2013-10-17
Kingship And Consent In Anglo Saxon England 871 978 written by Levi Roach and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-17 with History categories.
This engaging study focuses on the role of assemblies in later Anglo-Saxon politics, challenging and nuancing existing models of the late Anglo-Saxon state. Its ten chapters investigate both traditional constitutional aspects of assemblies - who attended these events, where and when they met, and what business they conducted - and the symbolic and representational nature of these gatherings. Levi Roach takes into account important recent work on continental rulership, and argues that assemblies were not a check on kingship in these years, but rather an essential feature of it. In particular, the author highlights the role of symbolic communication at assemblies, arguing that ritual and demonstration were as important in English politics as they were elsewhere in Europe. Far from being exceptional, the methods of rulership employed by English kings look very much like those witnessed elsewhere on the continent, where assemblies and ritual formed an essential part of the political order.
Ruling England 1042 1217
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Author : Richard Huscroft
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-01-14
Ruling England 1042 1217 written by Richard Huscroft and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-14 with History categories.
A new history of post-conquest England which makes the new kingdom accessible through a focus on its kings and how it was ruled, featuring the empire building dynasties. The central theme of the book is the rise and fall of English kingship during this period and at its heart is the central question of how the ruler of the most sophisticated kingdom in 12th century Europe was eventually compelled to submit to the humiliation of Magna Carta at the start of the thirteenth. The book also reaffirms the importance of high politics in English history. No proper understanding of the wider aspects of medieval history (social, economic, cultural) is possible without a firm grounding in political events, and this book covers these themes in depth.
The Earls Of Mercia
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Author : Stephen Baxter
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2007-12-06
The Earls Of Mercia written by Stephen Baxter and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-12-06 with History categories.
This book constitutes a major reappraisal of the late Anglo-Saxon state on the eve of its demise. Its principal focus is the family of Ealdorman Leofwine, which obtained power in Mercia and retained it throughout an extraordinary period of political upheaval between 994 and 1071. In doing so it explores a paradox: that earls were extraordinarily wealthy and powerful yet distinctly insecure. The book contains the first extended treatment of earls' powers in late Anglo-Saxon England and shows that although they wielded considerable military, administrative and political powers, they remained vulnerable to exile and other forms of political punishment including loss of territory. The book also offers a path-breaking analysis of land tenure and the mechanics of royal patronage, and argues that the majority of earls' estates were held from the king on a revocable basis for the duration of their period in office. In order to compensate for such insecurities, earls used lordship and religious patronage to construct local networks of power. The book uses innovative methods for interpreting the representation of lordship in Domesday Book to reconstruct the affinity of the earls of Mercia. It also examines how the house of Leofwine made strategic use of religious patronage to cement local power structures. All this created intense competition between the earls of Mercia and their rivals for power, both at court and in the localities, and the book explores how factional rivalry determined the course of politics, and ultimately the fate of the late Anglo-Saxon state.