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The Making of England - A New History of the Anglo-Saxon World (Paperback)
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The Making of England - A New History of the Anglo-Saxon World (Paperback)
Series: Library of Medieval Studies
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During the tenth century England began to emerge as a distinct
country with an identity that was both part of yet separate from
'Christendom'. The reigns of Athelstan, Edgar and Ethelred
witnessed the emergence of many key institutions: the formation of
towns on modern street plans; an efficient administration; and a
serviceable system of tax. Mark Atherton here shows how the
stories, legends, biographies and chronicles of Anglo-Saxon England
reflected both this exciting time of innovation as well as the
myriad lives, loves and hates of the people who wrote them. He
demonstrates, too, that this was a nation coming of age, ahead of
its time in its use not of the Book-Latin used elsewhere in Europe,
but of a narrative Old English prose devised for law and practical
governance of the nation-state, for prayer and preaching, and above
all for exploring a rich and daring new literature. This prose was
unique, but until now it has been neglected for the poetry.
Bringing a volatile age to vivid and muscular life, Atherton argues
that it was the vernacular of Alfred the Great, as much as Viking
war, that truly forged the nation.
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