Anglo-saxon Charters: Volume 9 - Charters Of The New Minster, Winchester
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Taken from web ......... "The archive of the New Minster at Winchester contains thirty-four charters, among them four of the most important texts for our understanding of the last century and a half of Anglo-Saxon England. The two surviving wills of pre-Conquest kings are preserved only in this archive. King Alfred's will gives us further insight into the mindset of this most famous of English kings, while the likelihood that King Eadred's will was overturned by his successor gives us a window into the political turbulence of the mid-tenth century. The sumptuous gold-lettered New Minster re-foundation charter of 966 is both a beautiful object and a powerful piece of monastic propaganda; and another charter in the archive contains the famous vernacular account of the crimes of Wulfbald in King Aethelred's reign. With other texts in Latin and Anglo-Saxon illuminating the reigns and politics of other rulers, the archive offers a microcosm of late Anglo-Saxon history. With notes, index of names; index of places; glossary of Anglo-Saxon terms.". This is volume IX in the Anglo Saxon Charters series. Fine copy, including nine b/w plates and map. No Dust Jacket (as issued). No signs of shelf wear. Clean and tightly bound.
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