Alfred the Great and the Kingdom of the Anglo-Saxons

Keynes, Simon

doi:10.1163/9789004283763_003

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“…115–116). Schreiber () helpfully summarizes these debates as she joins her voice to a chorus of scholars who have argued that Alfred was a politically savvy king who successfully and dramatically reformed English education as he consolidated his own political power (Discenza, , ; Keynes, ; O'Neill, ; Pratt, ; Schreiber, ). As both Pratt () and Discenza () point out, Alfred's vision of Old English as a curriculum language helped him to expand the scope of his authority: while he was styled “king of the West Saxons” early in his reign, he was, by his death, known as the “king of the Anglo‐Saxons.”…”

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A brief history of Anglo‐Saxon education

Weber

2018

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While the Anglo-Saxon period is not always considered the most dynamic milieu for medieval education, recent work in the field belies that impression. Since the 1980s, Anglo-Latinists have edited, translated, and analyzed glosses, treatises, letters, and prefaces that enrich our understanding of Anglo-Saxon education. The turn in the 1990s towards the study of literacy, and subsequent interest in bilingualism, have situated Old English literary texts against the background of educational theory and practice. In recent years, interest in education seems only to have accelerated. Two recent monographs, Emily Thornbury's Becoming a Poet in Anglo-Saxon England (2014) and Irina Dumitrescu's The Experience of Education in Anglo-Saxon Literature (2018), push the boundaries of the field by exploring Anglo-Saxon educational experience in a variety of literary texts. Simultaneously, work on the textual cultures of Anglo-Saxon England-increasingly collaborative and digital-continues to elucidate what and how the Anglo-Saxons read. The recent dynamism of the field offers new opportunities for both Anglo-Saxonists and historians of education going forward.

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A brief history of Anglo‐Saxon education

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2018

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“…It had been formed in the early 880s, and the central expressions of the new kingdom came at an early stage. 381 The efforts to promote the new identity of the kingdom comprised Alfred's new styling in diplomas; the events of 886, when Alfred 'occupied' London and received a widespread submission; Alfred's law-book, which showed respect for Mercian legal tradition; and probably also the 'common stock' of the Chronicle. 382 As Keynes has pointed out, the title 'king of the Anglo-Saxons' was retained by Edward the Elder, and, significantly, AEthelstan was accorded the same title early in his reign, before his takeover of Northumbria in 927.…”

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“…383 In other words, kingship over the 'Anglo-Saxons' was the standard means of conceptualizing the southern kingdom ruled by Alfred and his successors between c. 880 and 927. 384 A hypothetical date for the Second Ordo of 924 × 925 would postulate an attempt to promote 'Anglo-Saxon' kingship long after Alfredian efforts had had their effect.…”

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The making of the Second English Coronation Ordo

Pratt

2017

Anglo-Saxon England

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This article reassesses the Second English Coronation Ordo in the light of its relationship to Carolingian sources. The dependence of the Ordo on a distinctive West Frankish source, here termed the Leiden Ordo, has many implications, since the Leiden Ordo seems likely to have been composed for the anointing of Charles the Straightforward by Fulk of Rheims in January 893. This finding provides a probable context for the importing of West Frankish ordines in King Alfred's dealings with Rheims. It also strengthens the case for placing the Second Ordo in the mid- or late 890s, rather than early in Athelstan's reign. Anointing practices were directly implicated in the ‘crisis of authority’ affecting the Carolingian world in the late ninth century. The new understanding of the Second Ordo adds a further dimension to King Alfred's efforts to promote the ‘kingdom of the Anglo-Saxons’, and has wider implications for the development of royal ordines in western Europe.

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“…70 Asser blends the evidence from the Chronicle with additional biographical material to create his Life, drawing upon the Chronicle up to the year 887, covering chapters 2-86. 71 That he stopped using the Chronicle at the year 887 does not mean that he was not in possession of a full copy of the Common Stock: it is probable that the way he structured his work simply meant that he had no further use for the Chronicle after the annal for 887. 72 Asser translates the annals into Latin, and makes very few changes to the content.…”

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“…As a consequence they argue that Wintonia is how an English scribe spelt Guentonia, the Latin name for Caerwent, and thus the reference here could be to Caerwent rather than Caerwynt. 121 There is thus no place-name other than Sandwich which by itself makes a strong case for a connection between Asser and Armes Prydein. However, the number of correspondences is significant, and is another element which draws these texts together.…”

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Reading Asser in early medieval Wales: the evidence of Armes Prydein Vawr

Thomas

Callander

2017

Anglo-Saxon England

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This article examines the connections between Asser's Life of King Alfred and the tenthcentury Welsh poem Armes Prydein Vawr. It studies the use of the place-name Santwic ‘Sandwich’ in Armes Prydein, and presents evidence that this form derives from a written source. An investigation of the sources containing this place-name before the late tenth century raises the distinct possibility that Asser's Life was the source drawn upon by the Welsh poet. Examination of the context in which Sandwich occurs in Asser and Armes Prydein highlights striking similarities in usage, strengthening the argument for a connection between the two texts. Further correspondences between these works are noted before discussing the potential implications of this new finding for our understanding of Asser (and his reception) and Armes Prydein more generally.

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Alfred the Great and the Kingdom of the Anglo-Saxons

Cited by 4 publications

References 3 publications

A brief history of Anglo‐Saxon education

A brief history of Anglo‐Saxon education

The making of the Second English Coronation Ordo

Reading Asser in early medieval Wales: the evidence of Armes Prydein Vawr

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