On Barbarian Identity
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Studies in the Early Middle Ages, vol. 23
- Pages: xvi + 344 p.
- Size:156 x 234 mm
- Illustrations:1 b/w, 11 tables b/w.
- Language(s):English, Old English
- Publication Year:2010
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"There is great value in bringing together so many diverse points of view on one unified theme and the essays illuminate each other as well as the subject." (Elisabeth Okasha, in Óenach: FMRSI Reviews 3.1, 2011, p. 5)
Au-delà de la diversité des approches, on est donc frappé par la grande qualité de ce volume, par la précision des recherches et par l'ampleur des conclusions tirées d'études minutieuse du vocabulaire." (A. Gautier, dans: Le Moyen Âge, CXVII, fasc. 3-4, 2011, p. 723-724)
"This volume is particularly successful and interesting not only because of the range and quality of its papers, but also because its interdisciplinary stance will further encourage those not naturally inclined to engage with material outside of their discipline to do exactly this. In particular, it shows that the Chronicle can be seen to lie at the heart of a vast convergence of scholarly themes and interests, and rightly demands no less than that it be approached as such in future scholarship." (Michael D. J. Bintley, in English Studies, June 2013, Vol. 94, No. 4, p. 489-490)
Summary
This volume of collected essays examines the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle through four main aspects: the production of the text, its language, the literary character of the work, and the Chronicle as historical writing. The individual studies not only exemplify the different scholarly approaches to the Chronicle but they also cover the full chronological range of the text(s), as well as offering new contributions to well-established debates and exploring fresh avenues of research. The interdisciplinary and wide-ranging nature of the scholarship behind the volume allows Reading the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle to convey the immense complexity and variety of the Chronicle, a document that survives in multiple versions and was written in multiple places, times, and political contexts.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CONTENTS
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
List of Illustrations
Introduction: Reading the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle - ALICE JORGENSEN
Part I: The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle as Literature
Malcolm and Margaret: The Poem in Annal 1067D - THOMAS A. BREDEHOFT
The Production of the Peterborough Chronicle - SUSAN IRVINE
Double-Edged Déjà Vu: The Complexity of the Peterborough Chronicle - MALASREE HOME
Sentence to Story: Reading the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle as Formulary - JACQUELINE STODNICK
Rewriting the Æthelredian Chronicle: Narrative Style and Identity in Anglo-Saxon Chronicle MS F - ALICE JORGENSEN
Part II: The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle as History
The Representation of Early West Saxon History in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle - BARBARA YORKE
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and Continental Annal-Writing - ANTON SCHARER
Marking Boundaries: Charters and the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle - SCOTT THOMPSON SMITH
Geographies of Power in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: The Royal Estates of Anglo-Saxon Wessex - RYAN LAVELLE
Reporting Scotland in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle - ALEX WOOLF
Part III: The Language of the Chronicle
Coins and the Chronicle: Mint-signatures, History, and Language - JAYNE CARROLL
Norse-Derived Vocabulary in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle - SARA M. PONS-SANZ
Select Bibliography
Index of Annals
Subject Index
