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Kingship and Consent in Anglo-Saxon England, 871-978 - Assemblies and the State in the Early Middle Ages (Hardcover, New)
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Kingship and Consent in Anglo-Saxon England, 871-978 - Assemblies and the State in the Early Middle Ages (Hardcover, New)
Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series
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This engaging study focuses on the role of assemblies in later
Anglo-Saxon politics, challenging and nuancing existing models of
the late Anglo-Saxon state. Its ten chapters investigate both
traditional constitutional aspects of assemblies - who attended
these events, where and when they met, and what business they
conducted - and the symbolic and representational nature of these
gatherings. Levi Roach takes into account important recent work on
continental rulership, and argues that assemblies were not a check
on kingship in these years, but rather an essential feature of it.
In particular, the author highlights the role of symbolic
communication at assemblies, arguing that ritual and demonstration
were as important in English politics as they were elsewhere in
Europe. Far from being exceptional, the methods of rulership
employed by English kings look very much like those witnessed
elsewhere on the continent, where assemblies and ritual formed an
essential part of the political order.
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