{"product_id":"families-of-the-king-writing-identity-in-the-anglo-saxon-chronicle-paperback-softback-9781487506773","title":"Families of the King; Writing Identity in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (Paperback \/ softback) 9781487506773","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFamilies of the King\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eWriting Identity in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAlice Sheppard (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487506773\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 19 March 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e380 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.38 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe annals of the \u003ci\u003eAnglo-Saxon Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e are fundamental to the study of the language, literature, and culture of the Anglo-Saxon period. Ranging from the ninth to the twelfth century, its five primary manuscripts offer a virtually contemporary history of Anglo-Saxon England, contribute to the body of Old English prose and poetic texts, and enable scholars to document how the Old English language changed.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eFamilies of the King\u003c\/i\u003e, Alice Sheppard explicitly addresses the larger interpretive question of how the manuscripts function as history. She shows that what has been read as a series of disparate entries and peculiar juxtapositions is in fact a compelling articulation of collective identity and a coherent approach to writing the secular history of invasion, conquest, and settlement. Sheppard argues that, in writing about the king's performance of his lordship obligations, the annalists transform literary representations of a political ethos into an identifying culture for the Anglo-Saxon nobles and those who conquered them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Reading the Chronicle's Past\u003cbr\u003e1 Writing Identity in Chronicle History\u003cbr\u003e2 Making Alfred King\u003cbr\u003e3 Proclaiming Alfred's Kingship\u003cbr\u003e4 Undoing\/Ethelred\u003cbr\u003e5 Unmaking vEthelred but Making Cnut\u003cbr\u003e6 Writing William's Kingship\u003cbr\u003e7 Conclusion: After Lives\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52595481018648,"sku":"9781487506773","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/families-of-the-king-writing-identity-in-the-anglo-saxon-chronicle-paperback-softback-9781487506773","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}