Angles on a Kingdom : : East Anglian Identities from Bede to Ælfric / / Joseph Grossi.
From the eighth century to the turn of the millennium, East Anglia had a variety of identities thrust upon it by authors of the period who envisioned a unified England. Although they were not regional writers in the modern sense, Bede, Felix, the annalists of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, King Alfred o...
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Grossi, Joseph, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Angles on a Kingdom : East Anglian Identities from Bede to Ælfric / Joseph Grossi. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2021] ©2021 1 online resource (400 p.) : 1 b&w map text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Rædwald’s Unhappy Realm: Bede’s Mixed Views of East Anglian Imperium -- 2 Æthelthryth in a Virgin Wilderness -- 3 Solace for a Client-King: Felix’s Vita sancti Guthlaci -- 4 Made in Wessex: Danish East Anglia and the Alfredian Court -- 5 Edmund, East Anglia, and England -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star From the eighth century to the turn of the millennium, East Anglia had a variety of identities thrust upon it by authors of the period who envisioned a unified England. Although they were not regional writers in the modern sense, Bede, Felix, the annalists of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, King Alfred of Wessex, Abbo of Fleury, and Ælfric of Eynsham took a keen interest in East Anglia, especially in its potential to undo English cultural cohesiveness as they imagined it. Angles on a Kingdom argues that those authors treated East Anglia as both a hindrance and a stimulus to the development of early English "national" consciousness. Combining close textual reading with consideration of early medieval barrow burials, coinage, border delineation, and rivalries between monastic houses, Joseph Grossi examines various forms of cultural affirmation and manipulation. Angles on a Kingdom shows that, over the course of roughly two and a half centuries, the literary metamorphoses of East Anglia hint at the region’s recurring tensions with its neighbours – tensions which suggest that writers who sought to depict a coherent England downplayed what they deemed to be dangerous impulses emanating from the island’s easternmost corner. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Dez 2022) English literature Old English, ca. 450-1100 History and criticism. English England East Anglia Ethnic identity Early works to 1800. National characteristics, English, in literature. (DE-588)4030720-7 (DE-627)104814403 (DE-576)208988815 Kirchengeschichte gnd LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval. bisacsh Aelfric. Anglo-Latin literature. Anglo-Saxon chronicle. Bede. East Anglia. Felix. Old English literature. St. Edmund. St. Etheldreda. St. Guthlac. medieval literature. regional identity. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2021 English 9783110754001 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2021 9783110753776 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Literary, Cultural, Area Studies 2021 English 9783110754124 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Literary, Cultural, Area Studies 2021 9783110753899 ZDB-23-DKU Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press Complete eBook-Package 2021 9783110739220 print 9781487505738 https://doi.org/10.3138/9781487532567 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781487532567 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781487532567/original |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Rædwald’s Unhappy Realm: Bede’s Mixed Views of East Anglian Imperium -- 2 Æthelthryth in a Virgin Wilderness -- 3 Solace for a Client-King: Felix’s Vita sancti Guthlaci -- 4 Made in Wessex: Danish East Anglia and the Alfredian Court -- 5 Edmund, East Anglia, and England -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Rædwald’s Unhappy Realm: Bede’s Mixed Views of East Anglian Imperium -- 2 Æthelthryth in a Virgin Wilderness -- 3 Solace for a Client-King: Felix’s Vita sancti Guthlaci -- 4 Made in Wessex: Danish East Anglia and the Alfredian Court -- 5 Edmund, East Anglia, and England -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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