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Families of the king : writing identity in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

Title: Families of the king : writing identity in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle / Alice Sheppard.
Author: Sheppard, Alice.
Publication: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2004], ©2004.

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x, 266 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

"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, the Chronicle's five primary manuscripts offer a virtually contemporary history of Anglo-Saxon England, contribute to the body of Old English prose and poetic texts, and enable scholars to document how the Old English language changed." "In Families of the King, Alice Sheppard explicitly addresses the larger interpretive question of how the manuscripts function as history. She shows that what has been read as a series of disparate entries and peculiar juxtapositions is in fact a compelling articulation of collective identity and a coherent approach to writing the secular history of invasion, conquest, and settlement."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

Toronto Old English series ; 12

Uniform Title

Toronto Old English series ; 12.

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Note

Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references: p. [217]-250.

Contents

Introduction : reading the Chronicle's past -- 1. Writing identity in Chronicle history -- 2. Making Alfred king -- 3. Proclaiming Alfred's kingship -- 4. Undoing AEthelred -- 5. Unmaking AEthelred but making Cnut -- 6. Writing William's kingship -- 7. Conclusion : after lives.

ISBN

0802089844

OCLC

ocm55596193
SCSB-13970864

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Columbia University Libraries