1st Edition
Changing Perspectives on England and the Continent in the Early Middle Ages
By Anton Scharer
Copyright 2014
320 Pages
by
Routledge
320 Pages
by
Routledge
320 Pages
by
Routledge
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This volume brings together a set of articles by Professor Anton Scharer dealing with the themes of conversion, court culture and royal representation in Anglo-Saxon England and Carolingian Europe. It includes two previously unpublished papers, and another four specially translated into English for this publication. Three papers focus on different aspects of conversion: the spread of Christianity... Read more
Contents: Introduction; The conversion of the Anglo-Saxon kings in the 7th and 8th century; The role of language in Bede’s Ecclesiastical History; Insular mission to the continent in the early Middle Ages; The Gregorian tradition in early England; Die angelsächsischen Königreiche: Vielfalt und Einheit; Die intitulationes der angelsächsischen Könige im 7. und 8. Jahrhundert; King Alfred and late Carolingian Europe; The writing of history at King Alfred’s court; A new second ‘English’ Ordo?; Alfred the Great and Arnulf of Carinthia: a comparison; The king’s voice: on the expression of personal concern in early medieval diplomas; Charlemagne’s daughters; Duke Tassilo of Bavaria and the origins of the Rupertus Cross; Objects of royal representation in England and on the Continent; Bishops in Ottonian Bavaria; Index.
Biography
Anton Scharer is Professor of Medieval History at the University of Vienna, Austria.
'...this excellent volume offers both a wide array of perspectives on and new avenues of research for scholars of both Anglo-Saxon England and Carolingian Europe alike' - English Historical Review
