King Alfred's book of laws : a study of the Domboc and its influence on English identity, with a complete translation / Todd Preston.
2012
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Title
King Alfred's book of laws : a study of the Domboc and its influence on English identity, with a complete translation / Todd Preston.
Published
Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, [2012]
Copyright
©2012
Call Number
KD543 .P74 2012
ISBN
9780786465880 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0786465883 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0786465883 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Description
v, 177 pages ; 23 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)770876280
Summary
"During the 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 has focused 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"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-173) and index.
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Purchased from the income of the Murray Fund
Gift
The Arthur W. Diamond Law Library
Purchased from the income of the Murray Fund
Table of Contents
Preface
1
Introduction
3
1.
Kingship, Law, and National Identity in Ninth-Century Wessex
15
2.
Reading the Laws: The Domboc in Its Earliest Context
35
3.
Eleventh and Twelfth Century Redeployments of the Domboc
59
4.
The Parker Circle, the Domboc, and Reformation National Identity
83
Conclusion
101
Appendix
Reading the Domboc
105
King Alfred's Domboc: Text and Translation
106
Notes
149
Works Cited
167
Index
175