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The Bishops, Kings, and Saints of York
Author : Alcuin
Publisher :
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 18,26 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Literary Criticism
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The Bishops, Kings, and Saints of York
Author : Alcuinus
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 15,24 MB
Release : 1982
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Author : Julia Barrow
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 471 pages
File Size : 47,58 MB
Release : 2015-01-15
Category : History
ISBN : 1107086388
The first broad-ranging social history in English of the medieval secular clergy.
Author : John Maddicott
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 11,66 MB
Release : 2000-07-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0826443494
James Campbell's work has established the impressive powers of the Anglo-Saxon state, with its ability to impose laws, raise revenue, undertake major works and consult the interests and wishes of its subjects. This collection of essays looks at the state and its successors from a number of angles.
Author : Mary P. Richards
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 46,74 MB
Release : 2015-12-22
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1317758897
The study of manuscripts is fundamental to the appreciation of Anglo-Saxon texts and culture. Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts: Basic Readings provides an introductory collection of materials covering basic terms, techniques, resources, issues, and applications. Focusing on manuscripts copied before 1100 in England, the selections gathered here consider their history, production, analysis, and significance. Drawn from a variety of published sources and new writings commissioned for this collection, these essays offer a thorough background in principles and practices, along with up-to-date coverage of new developments in paleography. This interdisciplinary collection introduces key subjects of research for Anglo-Saxon studies while suggesting potential developments and new directions within the field.
Author : David Rollason
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 38,85 MB
Release : 2003-09-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521813358
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Author : Richard Freeman Johnson
Publisher : Boydell Press
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 48,44 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781843831280
The cult and legends of St Michael the archangel were widespread in medieval England, and this book - the first full-length study of the subject - offers a comprehensive examination of their genesis and diffusion. Part I identifies and analyses the concerns, conflicts, and roles with which St Michael is associated, from scriptural and apocryphal literature through to the homiletic literature of the medieval period. Part II begins with a discussion of the vernacular recensions of the popular account of the archangel's earthly interventions, and goes on to survey the legendary accounts in Old English, Anglo-Norman, and Middle English of the archangel and his roles as guardian, intercessor, psychopomp, and warrior-angel follows. The Appendices contain the first English translation of the archangel's hagiographic foundation-myth; an annotated bibliographical list and motif index of textual materials relating to the archangel; and an essay on the iconographic representations of the archangel in medieval England. RICHARD F. JOHNSON is Assistant Professor of English at William Rainey Harper College.
Author : D. P. Kirby
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 32,67 MB
Release : 2002-01-04
Category : History
ISBN : 1134548133
First published in 1990. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : Joanna Story
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 20,24 MB
Release : 2017-05-15
Category : History
ISBN : 135195332X
The Anglo-Saxon influence on the Carolingian world has long been recognised by historians of the early medieval period. Wilhelm Levison, in particular, has drawn attention to the importance of the Anglo-Saxon contribution to the cultural and ecclesiastical development of Carolingian Francia in the central decades of the eighth century. What is much less familiar is the reverse process, by which Francia and Carolingian concepts came to influence contemporary Anglo-Saxon culture. In this book Dr Story offers a major contribution to the subject of medieval cultural exchanges, focusing on the degree to which Frankish ideas and concepts were adopted by Anglo-Saxon rulers. Furthermore, by concentrating on the secular context and concepts of secular government as opposed to the more familiar ecclesiastical and missionary focus of Levison's work, this book offers a counterweight to the prevailing scholarship, providing a much more balanced overview of the subject. Through this reassessment, based on a close analysis of contemporary manuscripts - particularly the Northumbrian sources - Dr Story offers a fresh insight into the world of early medieval Europe.
Author : Kazutomo Karasawa
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 23,75 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1843844095
First modern text and English translation of an important Anglo-Saxon poem dealing with the liturgical year.