Apocalypse and Atonement in the Politics of Æthelredian England

Roach, Levi

doi:10.1080/0013838x.2014.942997

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“…Educated by monastic reformers, Æthelred was steeped in the tradition that a king's actions and the fate of his realm were interwoven in the eyes of God (Cubitt, , ; Molyneaux, , pp. 223–30; Roach, , , , ). This perspective emerges most strongly from Æthelred's charters, and it is instructive to place the coinage alongside these documents, both being products of acts and decisions taken within the immediate orbit of the king (Keynes, ; Keynes, , pp.…”

Section: The Coinage Of Powermentioning

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The currency of power in late Anglo‐Saxon England

Naismith

2019

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England between the early 970s and 1066 had a remarkable monetary system, consisting of silver pennies of standardised type which were reminted frequently. Each penny carried the name of the individual responsible for its manufacture and identified where he was based. This formidable currency came about thanks to unique conditions in the late 10th and early 11th centuries. An initial reform by Edgar was followed by a rapid sequence of recoinages under his son Æthelred II, which constituted one means of asserting morally responsible governance in the face of perceived divine displeasure. It follows that the chronology and motivation behind the coinage need to be seen as products of central, courtly developments. Actual minting, however, was a matter of individual moneyers dealing with individual customers. Here, it is argued that moneyers and mint‐places need to be seen as part of the wider landscape of formal and informal social power, and that production of coin generally came about through networks of lordship and authority. Integration of the moneyers (typically drawn from the lower elite) across England into centrally controlled mechanisms such as the coinage was one of the underpinning strengths of the late Anglo‐Saxon kingdom, linking different forms of power and giving a large swathe of the political community a stake in the realm's institutions.

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The currency of power in late Anglo‐Saxon England

Naismith

2019

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The Year 1000 and other apocalypticisms (c.911–c.1033)

Palmer¹

2014

The Apocalypse in the Early Middle Ages

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Apocalyptic and Eschatological Thought in England Around the Year 1000

Cubitt¹

2015

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This article explores the ideas circulating in England c. 1000 about the fate of the soul after death, the afterlife and the Last Judgement. It looks at the discourse concerning these topics in the sermons of the Blickling Homilies, Vercelli Book and in sermons by Wulfstan and Ælfric, and argues for lively debate c. 1000 concerning the imminence of the End. It suggests that these texts, especially those by Wulfstan and Ælfric, should be seen in dialogue with one another, and argues that the recent revised dating of Wulfstan's apocalyptic sermons places them in relation to political and legal developments. It argues for a political dimension to this debate and highlights the responses of the king, Æthelred the Unready – demonstrated in diplomatic evidence – which suggests a heightened concern for his own salvation and for that of his family at this date. It places this royal anxiety not only in relation to ideas about the year 1000 and the End of the World but also in relation to the preaching in the homilies of Vercelli Book and of the Blickling collection concerning the fate of the soul and the higher standard of Christian conduct born by the wealthy and by those in responsibility. It concludes by emphasising the multiple and varied thinking about the Last Judgement in England c. 1000.

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Apocalypse and Atonement in the Politics of Æthelredian England

Cited by 6 publications

References 51 publications

The currency of power in late Anglo‐Saxon England

The currency of power in late Anglo‐Saxon England

The Year 1000 and other apocalypticisms (c.911–c.1033)

Apocalyptic and Eschatological Thought in England Around the Year 1000

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