Anglo-Saxon Myths: State and Church, 400-1066

by Nicholas Brooks

Overview

In this collection of essays Nicholas Brooks explores some of the earliest and most problematical sources, both written and archaeological, for early English history. In his hands, the structure and functions of Anglo-Saxon origin stories and charters (whether authentic or forged) illuminate English political and social structures, as well as ecclesiastical, urban and rural landscapes. As well as previously published essays, Anglo-Saxon Myths: State and Church, 400-1066 includes a new account of the English origin myth and a review of the developments in the study of Anglo-Saxon charters over the last twenty years.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781852851545
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	08/02/2003
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.75(d)

Table of Contents

History and myth, forgery and truth
introduction to the making of England
the creation and early structure of the kingdom of Kent
the formation of the Mercian kingdom
the English origin myth
the eccelsiastical topography of early medieval Canterbury
the Anglo-Saxon cathedral community at Canterbury, 597-1070
the career of St Dunstan
Anglo-Saxon charters
recent approaches, a new charter of King Edgar, the oldest document in the college archives, the Micheldever forgery
Romney marsh in the early Middle Ages.