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by Preston, Todd

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During the early Middle Ages, King Alfred (reigned 871-99) gained fame as the ruler who brought learning back to England after decades of Viking invasion. Although analysis of Alfred's canon typically focuses on his religious and philosophical texts, his relatively overlooked law code, or Domboc, reveals much about his rule, and how he was perceived in subsequent centuries. Joining major voices in the fields of early English law and literature, this exploration of King Alfred's influential text…

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During the early Middle Ages, King Alfred (reigned 871-99) gained fame as the ruler who brought learning back to England after decades of Viking invasion. Although analysis of Alfred's canon typically focuses on his religious and philosophical texts, his relatively overlooked law code, or Domboc, reveals much about his rule, and how he was perceived in subsequent centuries. Joining major voices in the fields of early English law and literature, this exploration of King Alfred's influential text traces its evolution from its 9th century origins to reappearances in the 11th, 12th, and 16th centuries. Alfred's use of the vernacular and representation of secular practices, this work contends, made the Domboc an ideal text for establishing a particularly "English" national identity.

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  • Publication Date:©2012.

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  • Description:1 online resource (185 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780786491049, 0786491043
  • oclc:on1058411188
  • LC Classification:KD543 ǂb .P74 2012eb
  • Dewey Decimal:340.5/50942

Table of Contents

Cover -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Kingship, Law, and National Identity in Ninth-Century Wessex -- 2. Reading the Laws -- 3. Eleventh and Twelfth Century Redeployments of the Domboc -- 4. The Parker Circle, the Domboc, and Reformation National Identity -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Reading the Domboc -- King Alfred's Domboc -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.

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Alfred, -- King of England, -- 849-899 Droit anglo-saxon Great Britain -- Politics and governmen… Law -- England -- History -- To 1500 Law, Anglo-Saxon

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Preston, Todd

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