The making of England : a new history of the Anglo-Saxon world /: a new history of the Anglo-Saxon world. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Mark Atherton.
• Authors: Atherton, Mark
• Contents: Introduction: Helmet and crown -- Part I: Mapping a journey through the Anglo-Saxon world -- 'The Italian journey' -- 'On the road' -- Interlude I: The charter bounds of Alveston and Tiddington -- Part II: The reign of King Alfred -- Literacy and the use of English: Alfred's reforms -- The rule of government: 'The craft of all crafts' -- The importance of Bede -- Interlude II: The dedication to the king in the preface to the Old English Bede -- Part III: The expansion of Wessex -- The reign of Edward the Elder -- The lessons of history: 'Edwardian' literature -- Interlude III: 'When the sun most brightly shines', from the Old English Metres of Boethius -- Part IV: War, poetry, and book-collecting -- 'King Æthelstan the Pious, famed throughout the wide world' -- The 'Great War' and medieval memory -- 'Prophet in his own country': The early life of St Dunstan -- 'By skill must love be guided': The school of Glastonbury -- Interlude IV: A passage from 'St Dunstan's classbook' -- Part V: Building the nation -- The reign of King Edred: Dealing with the Northumbrians, the queen mother, and the archbishop -- Politics, monasteries and the rise of Bishop Æthelwold -- Lawsuits, law-books and sermons: Archbishop Dunstan and King Edgar -- Winchester, chief city of Edgar's England -- Interlude V: The poem The Coronation of Edgar.
• Publisher Details: London : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, 340 pages), illustrations, map
• Subjects: 942.01; Anglo-Saxons -- England; English prose literature -- Old English, ca. 450-1100 -- History and criticism; HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain; Anglo-Saxons; English prose literature -- Old English; Great Britain -- History -- Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066; England; Great Britain; Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781786721549; 1786721546; 1786731541; 9781786731548
• Related ISBNs: 9781784530051; 1784530050; 9781786731548
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-330) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.