The Medieval Gift and the Classical Tradition : Ideals and the Performance of Generosity in Medieval England, 1100–1300, Lars Kj?r

Автор: Donald Scragg
Название: A Conspectus of Scribal Hands Writing English, 960-1100
ISBN: 1843842866 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781843842866
Издательство: Boydell & Brewer
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Описание: During the final century of the Anglo-Saxon state, the use of written English reached remarkable heights. Yet, while the make-up and contents of the many books and documents surviving from the period have been fully catalogued, less attention has been devoted to those who produced them. This is the first comprehensive annotated list of the scribal hands whose work survives from the time of the Benedictine Reform under King Edgar to that of the generation succeeding the Norman Conquest. More than a thousand hands are listed, together with details of their work, which ranges from a few words or sentences in marginalia to multiple volumes. The result is a reference tool which will allow further research not only into palaeographical issues but also into the writing habits and grammar of individuals and groups of related scribes and into patterns of education in some of the larger cultural centres. Donald Scragg is Professor Emeritus of Anglo-Saxon Studies at the University of Manchester.

Автор: Eleanor Parker
Название: Dragon Lords: The History and Legends of Viking England
ISBN: 1350124990 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781350124998
Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic
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Описание: Why did the Vikings sail to England? Were they indiscriminate raiders, motivated solely by bloodlust and plunder? One narrative, the stereotypical one, might have it so. But locked away in the buried history of the British Isles are other, far richer and more nuanced, stories; and these hidden tales paint a picture very different from the ferocious pillagers of popular repute.In this book, Eleanor Parker unlocks secrets that point to more complex motivations within the marauding army that in the late 9th century voyaged to the shores of eastern England in its sleek, dragon-prowed longships. Exploring legends from forgotten medieval texts, and across the varied Anglo-Saxon regions, she depicts Vikings who came not just to raid but also to settle personal feuds, intervene in English politics and find a place to call home. Native tales reveal the links to famous Vikings like Ragnar Lothbrok and his sons; Cnut; and Havelok the Dane. Each myth shows how the legacy of the newcomers can still be traced in landscape, place-names and local history. Meticulously researched and elegantly argued, Dragon Lords uncovers the remarkable degree to which England is Viking to its core.

Автор: Chiara Rolli
Название: The Trial of Warren Hastings: Classical Oratory and Reception in Eighteenth-Century England
ISBN: 1784539228 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781784539221
Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic
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Описание: The impeachment trial of Warren Hastings dragged on for seven years from 1788 to 1795.

Автор: Atherton Mark
Название: Making of England
ISBN: 1784530050 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781784530051
Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic
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Описание: During the tenth century England began to emerge as a distinct country with an identity that was both part of yet separate from 'Christendom'. The reigns of Athelstan, Edgar and Ethelred witnessed the emergence of many key institutions: the formation of towns on modern street plans; an efficient administration; and a serviceable system of tax. Mark Atherton here shows how the stories, legends, biographies and chronicles of Anglo-Saxon England reflected both this exciting time of innovation as well as the myriad lives, loves and hates of the people who wrote them. He demonstrates, too, that this was a nation coming of age, ahead of its time in its use not of the Book-Latin used elsewhere in Europe, but of a narrative Old English prose devised for law and practical governance of the nation-state, for prayer and preaching, and above all for exploring a rich and daring new literature. This prose was unique, but until now it has been neglected for the poetry. Bringing a volatile age to vivid and muscular life, Atherton argues that it was the vernacular of Alfred the Great, as much as Viking war, that truly forged the nation.

Автор: Mark Atherton
Название: The Making of England: A New History of the Anglo-Saxon World
ISBN: 1838604030 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781838604035
Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic
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Описание: During the tenth century England began to emerge as a distinct country with an identity that was both part of yet separate from 'Christendom'. The reigns of Athelstan, Edgar and Ethelred witnessed the emergence of many key institutions: the formation of towns on modern street plans; an efficient administration; and a serviceable system of tax. Mark Atherton here shows how the stories, legends, biographies and chronicles of Anglo-Saxon England reflected both this exciting time of innovation as well as the myriad lives, loves and hates of the people who wrote them. He demonstrates, too, that this was a nation coming of age, ahead of its time in its use not of the Book-Latin used elsewhere in Europe, but of a narrative Old English prose devised for law and practical governance of the nation-state, for prayer and preaching, and above all for exploring a rich and daring new literature. This prose was unique, but until now it has been neglected for the poetry. Bringing a volatile age to vivid and muscular life, Atherton argues that it was the vernacular of Alfred the Great, as much as Viking war, that truly forged the nation.

Автор: Edited By Rory Naism
Название: Writing, kingship and power in anglo-saxon england
ISBN: 1107160979 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107160972
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: 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.

Автор: NA
Название: Crime and Punishment in England, 1100-1990
ISBN: 0312163312 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780312163310
Издательство: Springer
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Описание: This is the first single-volume introduction to the national history of crime and punishment.