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The Saxons in England - A History of the English Commonwealth till the Period of the Norman Conquest (Paperback)
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The Saxons in England - A History of the English Commonwealth till the Period of the Norman Conquest (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Medieval History, Volume 2
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This monumental 1849 publication was the first detailed analysis to
compare Anglo-Saxon institutions with those of other Germanic
peoples. The philologist and historian Kemble (1807 57) was born
into a renowned family of actors, trained at Cambridge for both the
bar and the church, but devoted his career to Germanic philology
and Old English. His studies resulted in several books including a
Beowulf edition (1833), a pioneering six-volume edition of
Anglo-Saxon charters (Codex Diplomaticus Aevi Saxonici, 1839 48),
and the posthumous Horae Ferales (1863), together with articles and
translations in periodicals. He also corresponded for many years
with Jacob Grimm. The Saxons drew heavily on Kemble's work on the
charters. Volume 2 discusses how England changed under the Saxons,
focusing on the powers and functions of the king, the ruling elite
and the clergy, the role of the urban and rural population, and the
situation of the poor.
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