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Mercia: An Anglo-Saxon Kingdom in Europe

Michelle P. Brown

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Establishes a new baseline for Mercian scholarship, covering the rise and fall of the kingdom, its major institutions, relations with other political entities as well as its visual and material culture.

Contents:
Introduction: Mercia, a Culture in Context --
Part I: The Mercian Polity: Church and State --
1 The Origins of Mercia --
2 The Tribal Hidage and the Ealdormen of Mercia --
3 Political Women in Mercia, Eighth to Early Tenth Centuries --
4 The Mercian Church: Archaeology and Topography --
5 Hagiography and Literature: The Case of Guthlac of Crowland --
Part II: Parallel Cultures --
6 Wales and Mercia, 613-918 --
7 The Verturian Hegemony: A Mirror in the North.
8 Abbesses, Minor Dynasties and Kings in clericatu: Perspectives of Ireland, 700-850 --
9 Carolingian Contacts --
Part III: The Material Culture of Mercia --
10 The Archaeology of Mercia --
11 Mercia: Landscape and Environment --
12 Mercians: The Dwellers on the Boundary --
13 The Growth of Market Centres and Towns in the Area of the Mercian Hegemony --
14 Mercian London --
15 Mercian Coinage and Authority --
Part IV: The Visual Culture of Mercia --
16 Constructing Iconographies: Questions of Identity in Mercian Sculpture --
17 Classicism of Southumbrian Sculpture.
18 Metalwork of the Mercian Supremacy --
19 Mercian Manuscripts? The Tiberius' Group and Its Historical Context --
Part V: Mercia in Retreat --
20 Military Institutions and Royal Power --
21 Mercia and Wessex in the Ninth Century

Language: English

Pages: 386

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Continuum

Release: June 08, 2005

ISBN: 0826477658

ISBN 13: 9780826477651

Mercia: An Anglo-Saxon Kingdom in Europe

Michelle P. Brown

4.7/5 ( ratings)

Establishes a new baseline for Mercian scholarship, covering the rise and fall of the kingdom, its major institutions, relations with other political entities as well as its visual and material culture.

Contents:
Introduction: Mercia, a Culture in Context --
Part I: The Mercian Polity: Church and State --
1 The Origins of Mercia --
2 The Tribal Hidage and the Ealdormen of Mercia --
3 Political Women in Mercia, Eighth to Early Tenth Centuries --
4 The Mercian Church: Archaeology and Topography --
5 Hagiography and Literature: The Case of Guthlac of Crowland --
Part II: Parallel Cultures --
6 Wales and Mercia, 613-918 --
7 The Verturian Hegemony: A Mirror in the North.
8 Abbesses, Minor Dynasties and Kings in clericatu: Perspectives of Ireland, 700-850 --
9 Carolingian Contacts --
Part III: The Material Culture of Mercia --
10 The Archaeology of Mercia --
11 Mercia: Landscape and Environment --
12 Mercians: The Dwellers on the Boundary --
13 The Growth of Market Centres and Towns in the Area of the Mercian Hegemony --
14 Mercian London --
15 Mercian Coinage and Authority --
Part IV: The Visual Culture of Mercia --
16 Constructing Iconographies: Questions of Identity in Mercian Sculpture --
17 Classicism of Southumbrian Sculpture.
18 Metalwork of the Mercian Supremacy --
19 Mercian Manuscripts? The Tiberius' Group and Its Historical Context --
Part V: Mercia in Retreat --
20 Military Institutions and Royal Power --
21 Mercia and Wessex in the Ninth Century

Language: English

Pages: 386

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Continuum

Release: June 08, 2005

ISBN: 0826477658

ISBN 13: 9780826477651

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