Early medieval Winchester : communities, authority and power in an urban space, c.800-c.1200 / edited by Ryan Lavelle, Simon Roffey and Katherine Weikert.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lavelle, Ryan, editor.

Roffey, Simon, editor.

Weikert, Katherine, editor.

Albert C. Baugh Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anglo-Saxons--England--Winchester.

Anglo-Saxons.

Normans--England--Winchester.

Normans.

Winchester (England)--History.

Winchester (England).

England--Winchester.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 282 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Havertown, PA : Oxbow Books, 2021.

Summary:

Winchester's identity as a royal centre became well established between the ninth and twelfth centuries, closely tied to the significance of the religious communities who lived within and without the city walls. The reach of power of Winchester was felt throughout England and into the Continent through the relationships of the bishops, the power fluctuations of the Norman period, the pursuit of arts and history writing, the reach of the city's saints, and more. The essays contained in this volume present early medieval Winchester not as a city alone, but a city emmeshed in wider political, social, and cultural movements and, in many cases, providing examples of authority and power that are representative of early medieval England as a whole.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Communities, Authority and Power in Winchester, c. 800

c. 1200 / Simon Roffey

2. Capital Considerations: Winchester and the Birth of Urban Archaeology / Martin Biddle

3. The King's Stone: Peace, Power and the Highway in Early Medieval Winchester / Alexander James Langlands

4. Royal Burial in Winchester: Context and Significance / Barbara Yorke

5. Constructing Early Medieval Winchester: Historical Narratives and the Compilation of British Library Cotton MS Otho B.XI / Sharon M. Rowley

6. Winchester, Æthelings and Clitones: The Political Significance of the City for Anglo-Saxon Aristocracy and Norman Nobility / David McDermott

7. The Execution of Earl Waltheof: Public Space and Royal Authority at the Edge of Eleventh-Century Winchester / Ryan Lavelle

8. The Queen, the Countess and the Conflict: Winchester 1141 / Katherine Weikert

9. Lantfred and Local Life at Winchester in the 960s and 970s / Mark Atherton

10. Wcelcyrian in the Water Meadows: Lantfred's Furies / Eric Lacey

11. SK27, Or a Winchester Pilgrim's Tale / Simon Roffey

12. The Early Jewish Community in Twelfth-Century Winchester: An Interdisciplinary View / Tom' Griffiths

13. Henry of Blois and an Archbishopric of Winchester: Medieval Rationale and Anglo-Saxon Sources / Alexander R. Rumble

14. Swithun in the North: A Winchester Saint in Norway / Karl Christian Alvestad.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Albert C. Baugh Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781789256239

1789256232

OCLC:

1246540620

Publisher Number:

99990694004