Anglo-Saxon England

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Anglo-Saxon England
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Michael Lapidge
Edited by Malcolm Godden
Edited by Simon Keynes
SeriesAnglo-Saxon England 34 Volume Paperback Set
Series part Volume No. Volume 24
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:380
Dimensions(mm): Height 228,Width 152
Category/GenreLiterary studies - classical, early and medieval
British and Irish History
World history - c 500 to C 1500
ISBN/Barcode 9780521038492
ClassificationsDewey:942.01 942.01
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 11 October 2007
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Our knowledge of Anglo-Saxon England depends wholly on the precise and detailed study of the texts that have come down to us from pre-Conquest times. The present book contains pioneering studies of some of these sources which have been neglected or misunderstood. A comprehensive study of a group of lavish gospelbooks written under the patronage of a late Anglo-Saxon countess, Judith of Flanders (sometime wife of the Earl Tostig who was killed at Stamford Bridge in 1066) shows the importance of these artefacts and provides fresh understanding of the transmission of the gospels in late eleventh-century England. Close analysis of the Libellus AEthelwoldi, a neglected Latin translation of a late tenth-century documentary record of the estates acquired by the redoubtable Bishop AEthelwold for Ely Abbey, throws significant light on the operations of the laws of land tenure in the late tenth century. These and other more traditional lines of enquiry are the focus of this book. The usual comprehensive bibliography of the previous year's publications in all branches of Anglo-Saxon studies rounds off the book.