| Descript |
1 online resource (x, 266 pages). |
| Series |
Toronto Old English series ; 12 |
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Toronto Old English series ; 12.
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| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-250) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : reading the Chronicle's past -- 1. Writing identity in Chronicle history -- 2. Making Alfred king -- 3. Proclaiming Alfred's kingship -- 4. Undoing AEthelred -- 5. Unmaking AEthelred but making Cnut -- 6. Writing William's kingship -- 7. Conclusion : after lives. |
| Summary |
"The annals of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle are fundamental to the study of the language, literature, and culture of the Anglo-Saxon period. Ranging from the ninth to the twelfth century, the Chronicle's five primary manuscripts offer a virtually contemporary history of Anglo-Saxon England, contribute to the body of Old English prose and poetic texts, and enable scholars to document how the Old English language changed." |
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"In Families of the King, Alice Sheppard explicitly addresses the larger interpretive question of how the manuscripts function as history. She shows that what has been read as a series of disparate entries and peculiar juxtapositions is in fact a compelling articulation of collective identity and a coherent approach to writing the secular history of invasion, conquest, and settlement."--Jacket. |
| Local Note |
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| Subject |
Anglo-Saxon chronicle.
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Anglo-Saxon chronicle. (OCoLC)fst01356814 |
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Anglo-Saxon chronicle |
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Great Britain -- Kings and rulers.
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Great Britain -- History -- Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066 -- Historiography.
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Great Britain -- History -- Norman period, 1066-1154 -- Historiography.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain. |
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HISTORY -- Medieval. |
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Historiography. (OCoLC)fst00958221 |
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Kings and rulers. (OCoLC)fst00987694 |
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Great Britain. (OCoLC)fst01204623 |
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Ko⁺nig |
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Ko⁺nig. |
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449-1154 |
| ISBN |
9781442674790 (electronic bk.) |
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1442674792 (electronic bk.) |
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0802089844 |
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9780802089847 |
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