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Freedom, slavery, and England's medieval past : Anglo-Saxonist entanglements / by Joshua Davies.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Davies, Joshua (Lecturer in Medieval Literature), author.
- Series:
- Arc medievalist
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Antislavery movements--England--History--To 1500.
- Antislavery movements.
- Slavery--England--History--To 1500.
- Slavery.
- Great Britain--History--Medieval period, 1066-1485.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain--History--Medieval period, 1066-1485--Sources.
- Great Britain--History--Medieval period, 1066-1485--Historiography.
- England.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (196 pages) : maps.
- Place of Publication:
- Leeds : Arc Humanities Press, [2025]
- Summary:
- This book interrogates the relationship between medievalism and whiteness through the prism of English debates about slavery and abolition"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- "Useful Liberty" : Genealogies of English liberty, the Norman yoke, and the Anglo-Saxons
- "Confined to Complexion" : Histories of unfreedom and Granville Sharp’s Anglo-Saxonist abolitionism
- Temporal bonds : The Kembles’ Anglo-Saxon family ties and the problem of slavery
- White possessions and the “negro yoke” : Proximity, distance, and communities of memory at the Butler plantations
- Afterword : Intimate histories, journeys, names, ruins.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (De Gruyter Brill, viewed September 25, 2025).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Davies, Joshua Freedom, Slavery, and England's Medieval Past
- ISBN:
- 9781802702118
- 1802702113
- 9781802703702
- 1802703705
- OCLC:
- 1528629672
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000253160
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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