Families of the King : : Writing Identity in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle / / Alice Sheppard.

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, its five primary manuscripts offer a virtually contemporary history of Anglo-Saxon England, contribute to the body o...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter UTP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2015
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Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]
©2004
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Series:Toronto Old English Studies
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Reading the Chronicle's Past
  • 1. Writing Identity in Chronicle History
  • 2. Making Alfred King
  • 3. Proclaiming Alfred's Kingship
  • 4. Undoing/Ethelred
  • 5. Unmaking Æthelred but Making Cnut
  • 6. Writing William's Kingship
  • 7. Conclusion: After Lives
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index