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PUBLICATIONS OF THE MANCHESTER CENTRE FOR ANGLO-SAXON STUDIES Volume 13 Kingship, Legislation and Power in Anglo-Saxon England PUBLICATIONS OF THE MANCHESTER CENTRE FOR ANGLO-SAXON STUDIES ISSN 1478–6710 Editorial Board Donald Scragg Richard Bailey Timothy Graham Nicholas J. Higham Gale R. Owen-Crocker Alexander R. Rumble Leslie Webster Published Titles 1. Textual and Material Culture in Anglo-Saxon England: Thomas Northcote Toller and the Toller Memorial Lectures, ed. Donald Scragg 2. Apocryphal Texts and Traditions in Anglo-Saxon England, ed. Kathryn Powell and Donald Scragg 3. King Harold II and the Bayeux Tapestry, ed. Gale R. Owen-Crocker 4. The Place of the Cross in Anglo-Saxon England, ed. Catherine E. Karkov, Sarah Larratt Keefer and Karen Louise Jolly 5. Writing and Texts in Anglo-Saxon England, ed. Alexander R. Rumble 6. Anglo-Saxon Royal Diplomas: A Palaeography, Susan D. Thompson 7. Britons in Anglo-Saxon England, ed. Nicholas J. Higham 8. Edgar, King of the English 959–975: New Interpretations, ed. Donald Scragg 9. The Landscape Archaeology of Anglo-Saxon England, ed. Nicholas J. Higham and Martin J. Ryan 10. Place-names, Language and the Anglo-Saxon Landscape, ed. Nicholas J. Higham and Martin J. Ryan 11. A Conspectus of Scribal Hands Writing English, 960–1100, Donald Scragg 12. Leaders of the Anglo-Saxon Church: From Bede to Stigand, ed. Alexander R. Rumble Kingship, Legislation and Power in Anglo-Saxon England edited by GALE R. OWEN-CROCKER AND BRIAN W. SCHNEIDER THE BOyDELL PRESS © Contributors 2013 All rights reserved. Except as permitted under current legislation no part of this work may be photocopied, stored in a retrieval system, published, performed in public, adapted, broadcast, transmitted, recorded or reproduced in any form or by any means, without the prior permission of the copyright owner First published 2013 The Boydell Press, Woodbridge ISBN 978–1–84383–877–7 The Boydell Press is an imprint of Boydell & Brewer Ltd PO Box 9, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12 3DF, UK and of Boydell & Brewer Inc, 668 Mt Hope Avenue, Rochester, Ny 14620–2731, USA website: www.boydellandbrewer.com A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library The publisher has no responsibility for the continued existence or accuracy of URLs for external or third-party internet websites referred to in this book, and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. Papers used by Boydell & Brewer Ltd are natural, recyclable products made from wood grown in sustainable forests Printed and bound in Great Britain by CPI Group (UK) Ltd, Croydon, CR0 4yy Contents List of Illustrations vi List of Tables vii Contributors viii Preface ix Abbreviations xi Introduction 1 Ann WilliAms PART I 1 Church Councils, Royal Assemblies, and Anglo-Saxon Royal 17 Diplomas Appendix I: Meeting-places of Royal Assemblies in Anglo-Saxon 140 England (900–1066) Appendix II: Anglo-Saxon Royal Diplomas on Single Sheets (925–75) 158 Appendix III: Citations of Anglo-Saxon Charters 180 simon Keynes PART II 2 Anglo-Saxon Royal Archives: Their Nature, Extent, Survival and 185 Loss AlexAnder r. rumble 3 Naming and Royal Authority in Anglo-Saxon Law 201 CArole HougH 4 Witnessing Kingship: Royal Power and the Legal Subject in the 219 Old English Laws AndreW rAbin 5 The Burial of Kings in Anglo-Saxon England 237 bArbArA yorKe 6 Ine 70.1 and Royal Provision in Anglo-Saxon Wessex 259 ryAn lAvelle 7 Being Everywhere at Once: Delegation and Royal Authority in 275 Late Anglo-Saxon England AlAriC A. TrousdAle Index of persons and places 297 Illustrations Map Meeting-places of the king and his councillors, 900–1066 34 Figures 1.1 Diploma of King Æthelstan for Wulfgar, AD 931, written by 80 ‘Æthelstan A’ (A1), London, British Library, Cotton Charter viii. 16. © British Library Board. All Rights Reserved. 1.2 Diploma of King Æthelstan for Ealdulf, AD 939, written by 81 ‘Æthelstan C’ (A3), London, British Library, Cotton Augustus ii. 23. © British Library Board. All Rights Reserved. 1.3 Diploma of King Edmund for Æthelswyth, AD 940, written by 82 ‘Æthelstan C’ (B1). London, British Library, Cotton Augustus ii. 62 © British Library Board. All Rights Reserved. 1.4 Diploma of King Edmund for Ælfstan, AD 943, written by 83 ‘Æthelstan C’ (B3). London, British Library, Stowe Charter 24 © British Library Board. All Rights Reserved. 1.5 Diploma of King Eadred for Ælfwyn, AD 948, written by 86 ‘Edmund C’ (C2). London, British Library, Stowe Charter 26 © British Library Board. All Rights Reserved. 1.6 Diploma of King Eadwig for Ælfwine, AD 956, Group I (D1) 87 London, British Library, Cotton Augustus ii. 41 © British Library Board. All Rights Reserved. 1.7 Diploma of King Eadwig for Ealdorman Edmund, AD 956, 88 Group II (D2). London, British Library, Cotton Augustus ii. 45 © British Library Board. All Rights Reserved. 1.8 Diploma of King Edgar for Abingdon abbey, AD 961, written by 89 ‘Edgar A’ (E4). London, British Library, Cotton Augustus ii. 39 © British Library Board. All Rights Reserved. 1.9 Diploma of King Edgar for Ingeram, AD 963, written by 90 ‘Edgar A’ (E10). London, British Library, Stowe Charter 29 © British Library Board. All Rights Reserved. 1.10 Diploma of King Æthelred for Abingdon abbey, AD 993 (detail) 115 London, British Library, Cotton Augustus ii. 38 © British Library Board. All Rights Reserved. Tables 5.1 Burial places of kings of Wessex from Æthelwulf to Edward 238 the Confessor 5.2 Burial places of kings of Wessex, Mercia and Northumbria in the 239 late seventh and eighth centuries 6.1 The renders described in 1 Kings 4:22–23 and Ine 70.1 with a 262 summary of records of Welsh gwestfa Contributors Carole Hough, University of Glasgow Simon Keynes, University of Cambridge Ryan Lavelle, University of Winchester Andrew Rabin, University of Louisville Alexander R. Rumble, The University of Manchester Brian W. Schneider, The University of Manchester Alaric A. Trousdale, Western Oregon University Gale R. Owen-Crocker, The University of Manchester Ann Williams, University of East Anglia Barbara yorke, University of Winchester
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