Anglo-Saxon England: Volume 28

Klappentext This volume is framed by articles that throw interesting light on the achievement and reputation of the greatest of Anglo-Saxon kings - Alfred. Zusammenfassung This volume is framed by articles that throw interesting light on the achievement and reputation of the greatest of Anglo-Saxon kings - Alfred. It opens with a wide-ranging study of the literary and archaeological evidence for the novel design of Alfred's ships! and closes with a survey of the development of the Alfredian legend from the tenth to the twentieth century. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations; 1. King Alfred's ships: text and context M. J. Swanton; 2. What use are the Thorkelin transcripts of Beowulf? Johan Gerritsen; 3. The iconography of the Utrecht Psalter and the Old English Descent into Hell Jessica Brantley; 4. Anti-Judaism in 'lfric's Lives of Saints Andrew P. Scheil; 5. The earliest texts with English and French David W. Porter; 6. Unfulfilled promise: the rubrics of the Old English prose Genesis Benjamin C. Withers; 7. The West Saxon Gospels and the gospel-lectionary in Anglo-Saxon England: manuscript evidence and liturgical practice Ursula Lenker; 8. The scribe of the Paris Psalter Richard Emms; 9. The Office of the Trinity in the Crowland Psalter (Oxford! Bodleian Library! Douce 296) Barbara C. Raw; 10. Hereward and Flanders Elisabeth van Houts; 11. The cult of King Alfred Simon Keynes; Bibliography for 1998 Debby Banham! Carl T. Berkhout! Carole P. Biggam! Mark Blackburn and Simon Keynes.

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• Authors: Michael (University of Notre Dame Lapidge, Michael Godden Lapidge, Professor Michael Godden Lapidge
• Assisted by: Malcolm Godden (Editor), Malcolm (University of Oxford) Godden (Editor), Malcolm R. Godden (Editor), Simon Keynes (Editor), Simon (University of Cambridge) Keynes (Editor), Michael Lapidge (Editor), Michael (University of Notre Dame Lapidge (Editor), Professor Michael Lapidge (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.06.2000
• EAN: 9780521652032
• ISBN: 978-0-521-65203-2
• No. of pages: 438
• Series: Anglo-Saxon England; Anglo-Saxon England; Anglo-Saxon England, Series Nu
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History