Edward the Elder (eBook, ePUB)

899-924
Redaktion: Higham, N. J.; Hill, D. H.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Edward the Elder, son and successor of King Alfred, was one of the greatest architects of the English state and yet is one of the most neglected kings of English history. During his 24-year reign, Edward led a series of successful campaigns against the Vikings and by the time of his death controlled most of southern and midland England, with his influence also felt in Wales and the north. Edward the Elder is a timely reassessment of his reign and helps to restore this ruler to his rightful place in English history.
The period of Edward's reign is notably lacking in primary materials for historians. But by drawing upon sources as diverse as literature, archaeology, coins and textiles, this book brings together a rich variety of scholarship to offer new insight into the world of Edward the Elder. With this wealth of perspectives, Edward the Elder offers a broad picture of Edward's reign and his relation to the politics and culture of the Anglo-Saxon period.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136349485
• Artikelnr.: 39704769

Autorenporträt

D.H. Hill, N.J. Higham

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures
List of tables
List of contributors
Acknowledgements
1 Edward the Elder's reputation: an introduction
2 What is not known about the reign of Edward the Elder
3 Edward as Ætheling
4 Edward
king of the Anglo-Saxons
5 The coinage of Edward the Elder
6 The West Saxon tradition of dynastic marriage: with special reference to Edward the Elder
7 View from the West: an Irish perspective on West Saxon dynastic pactice
8 Gloucester and the New Minster of St Oswald
9 Ælfwynn
second lady of the Mercians
10 Edward the Elder's Danelaw
11 The shiring of Mercia - again
12 Edward the Elder and the re-establishment of Chester
13 The North-West frontier
14 A kingdom too far: York in the early tenth century
15 The (non)submission of the northern kings in 920
16 The Northern Hoards: from Cuerdale to Bossall/Flaxton
17 Edward the Elder and the churches of Winchester and Wessex
18 Dynastic monasteries and family cults: Edward the Elder's sainted kindred
19 On þa wæpnedhealfe: kingship and royal property from Æthelwulf to Edward the Elder
20 The Junius Psalter gloss: tradition and innovation
21 The embroideries from the tomb of St Cuthbert
22 Endpiece
Index