Anglo-Saxon England by Michael Lapidge, Malcolm Godden, Simon... - 9780521038485

Anglo-Saxon EnglandAuthor(s): Michael Lapidge, Malcolm Godden, Simon Keynes\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521038485, 978-0521038485\nSynopsis\nOne of the most important primary sources for our knowledge of Anglo-Saxon England is the charters and manuscripts which survive from the period before 1066. In the present book, two complementary essays treat the charters of mid tenth-century English kings, bringing previously unknown documents to light, establishing the circumstances in which they were produced, and demonstrating that changes in practice in the royal chancery had far-reaching effect on all aspects of Anglo-Saxon script and book production. The question of the medieval representation of women is illuminated by a study of the difficulties which a well-known monastic author, lfric, faced in characterizing an Old Testament heroine who used her body to achieve her ends, while a number o.