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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Alfred the Great"”.
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‘Ye Olde Englishe Communists’: Popular Front Historians and the Left, 1936-1940
This thesis examines the historical practices of the left-wing Popular Front cultural movement in Britain in the late 1930s, as well as their relationship to more established British historical traditions. To achieve this, it draws on a collection of written historical works, public performances …
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Intellectual Networks and Royal Legitimacy: Religious Intellectuals and English Kings Between Conversion and the Rise of Wessex
<p>The early Middles Ages were a politically unstable period in Western Europe. No single king had a secure claim to the legitimacy of their rule, with usurption and military conquest making claims to legitimacy difficult to defend. England between the Augustinian mission (ca. 597) and the rule of …
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THE ROLE OF ROYAL POWER IN THE FORMATION OF AN ANGLO-SAXON STATE, CIRCA 400-900 AD
This thesis explores the formation of a state in Anglo-Saxon England from the period of Roman withdrawal from Britain in the early fifth century to the tenth century. It argues that the key factor in the development of the state was the increase in the power of kings during the period. While early …
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The Winchester chronicle
The Winchester Chronicle is one of seven major recensions which, when considered as a whole, are designated by the title of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Of these seven, the Winchester Chronicle has all the indications of being the earliest in point of composition. The exact date of its composition is …