Kingship, Legislation and Power in Anglo-Saxon England

The essays collected here focus on how Anglo-Saxon royal authority was expressed and disseminated, through laws, delegation, relationships between monarch and Church, and between monarchs at times of multiple kingships and changing power ratios. Specific topics include the importance of kings in consolidating the English "nation"; the development of witnesses as agents of the king's authority; the posthumous power of monarchs; how ceremonial occasions...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 184383877X
• ISBN13: 9781843838777
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.4"