Anglo-Saxon England

One Of The Most Important Primary Sources For Our Knowledge Of Anglo-Saxon England Is The Charters And Manuscripts Which Survive From The Period Before 1066. In The Present Book Two Complementary Essays Treat The Charters Of Mid Tenth-Century English Kings Bringing Previously Unknown Documents To Light Establishing The Circumstances In Which They Were Produced And Demonstrating That Changes In Practice In The Royal Chancery Had Far-Reaching Effect On All Aspects Of Anglo-Saxon Script And Book Production. The Question Of The Medieval Representation Of Women Is Illuminated By A Study Of The Difficulties Which A Well-Known Monastic Author lfric Faced In Characterizing An Old Testament Heroine Who Used Her Body To Achieve Her Ends While A Number Of Traditional Assumptions About The Property Rights Of Divorced Women In England Are Freshly Challenged By Close Philological Analysis Of Surviving Law-Codes. The Usual Comprehensive Bibliography Of The Previous Year''S Publications In All Branches Of Anglo-Saxon Studies Rounds Off The Book.