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Codex Diplomaticus Aevi Saxonici
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Codex Diplomaticus Aevi Saxonici
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| Authors and Contributors |
Edited by John Mitchell Kemble
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| Series | Codex Diplomaticus Aevi Saxonici 6 Volume Set |
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| Series part Volume No. |
Volume 1
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:494 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 140 |
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| Category/Genre | British and Irish History |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9781108035859
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| Audience | | Professional & Vocational | |
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| Illustrations |
3 Plates, black and white
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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| Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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| Publication Date |
29 December 2011 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Published in six volumes between 1839 and 1848, this was the first collected edition of the surviving corpus of Anglo-Saxon charters, comprising royal diplomas in Latin, and a variety of documents (wills, writs, etc.) in the vernacular (Old English). John Mitchell Kemble (1807-57) collected his material from many different places (the British Museum, the Tower of London, cathedral archives, college libraries, and various private collections), and arranged it as best he could in chronological order. He believed passionately that he was laying foundations for a new history of the English people, and built on this research in The Saxons in England (1849), also reissued in this series. Volume 1 of the Codex (1839) contains texts from the seventh, eighth and early ninth centuries. It includes Kemble's pioneering account of the principles for assessing the authenticity of Anglo-Saxon charters, and a new preface by Simon Keynes introducing this landmark work.
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