Format:
Online-Ressource (318 p)
ISBN:
9781107036536
Series Statement:
Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series
Content:
This is an engaging new study of how kingship and royal government operated in the late Anglo-Saxon period
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Description based upon print version of record
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Cover; Kingship and Consent in Anglo-Saxon England, 871-978; Series; Title; Copyright; Contents; Maps; Tables; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Abbreviations for Anglo-Saxon charters; Chapter 1 Introduction: assembling consent in late ninth- and tenth-century England; Absent assemblies: the historiography of the Anglo-Saxon 'national assembly'; Assembly politics and the formation of the 'kingdom of the English', 871-978; Kingship, assemblies and the 'late Anglo-Saxon state'; Assemblies and rituals: continental contributions and anthropological approaches
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Defining assemblies: outline and scope of the studyChapter 2 Assembly attendance; Assembly attendance in the 'kingdom of the Anglo-Saxons', 871-909 × 925; Assembly attendance in the 'kingdom of the English', c. 925-978; Conclusions; Chapter 3 Meeting places and times of assemblies; Locating meaning: the meeting places of the witan, 871-978; 'Diplomatic' meetings; 'Legislative' meetings; 'Dispositive' meetings; 'Diplomatic', 'legislative' and 'dispositive' assemblies: the relationship revisited; Preliminary conclusions; Meeting times, duration and frequency of assemblies
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Chapter 4 Royal charters and assembliesDiploma production and assemblies; Diplomas and assembly politics; Conclusions; Chapter 5 Legislation and consent: law-making and assembly politics; The witan and the law; Law-codes and royal administration; The witan and the law: preliminary conclusions; Chapter 6 The witan and the settlement of disputes; Dispute settlement in Anglo-Saxon charters; Dispute settlement in house chronicles; Law-codes, dispute settlement and the witan: conclusions; Chapter 7 The 'further business' of the witan; Consensus, assemblies and the administration of the realm
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ConclusionsChapter 8 Symbols in context: ritual and demonstration at assemblies; Rites and rituals at assemblies; Ritual and ceremony at and beyond assemblies; Emotional displays; Symbolizing community and hierarchy; Rituals of petition and intercession; Rites de passage and the distribution of gifts and offices; Ritual and demonstration at assemblies: preliminary conclusions; Chapter 9 Ritual and reality: the problem of the sources; Ritual and symbolism beyond narrative sources; The sources of ritual; Conclusions; Chapter 10 The role of the witan: celebration and persuasion
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Kingship and consent: the witan and the late Anglo-Saxon stateRituals and assemblies in England and on the continent; Assemblies and kingship in England, 871-978: final observations; Appendix: Meetings of the witan, 871-978; Locatable meetings of the witan; Dated meetings of the witan; Bibliography; Primary sources; Secondary literature; Unpublished dissertations; Electronic resources; Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107598355
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107036536
Additional Edition:
Print version Kingship and Consent in Anglo-Saxon England, 871–978 : Assemblies and the State in the Early Middle Ages
Language:
English
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