The latest volume of Anglo-Saxon charters covers the pre-Conquest archive of Shaftesbury Abbey in Dorset, founded by King Alfred and destined to be of great importance in the medieval period. The majority of the thirty surviving documents date form the tenth century, with the last a charter of Cnut from 1019. The present edition addresses the extensive corruption introduced into the surviving texts by repeated earlier copying, particularly in the vernacular boundary clauses.
This is a very important collection providing almost the only evidence for the history of Shaftesbury in the Anglo-Saxon period.
| ISBN: | 9780197261514 |
| Publication date: | 18th April 1996 |
| Author: | S E Kelly, British Academy |
| Publisher: | The British Academy an imprint of Liverpool University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 151 pages |
| Series: | Anglo-Saxon Charters |
| Genres: |
European history: medieval period, middle ages Social and cultural history |
The latest volume of Anglo-Saxon charters covers the pre-Conquest archive of Shaftesbury Abbey in Dorset, founded by King Alfred and destined to be of great importance in the medieval period. The majority of the thirty surviving documents date form the tenth century, with the last a charter of Cnut from 1019. The present edition addresses the extensive corruption introduced into the surviving texts by repeated earlier copying, particularly in the vernacular boundary clauses.
This is a very important collection providing almost the only evidence for the history of Shaftesbury in the Anglo-Saxon period.
Charters of Shaftesbury Abbey features in the following genres: European history: medieval period, middle ages, Social and cultural history
Charters of Shaftesbury Abbey is available in Hardback
Charters of Shaftesbury Abbey was written by S E Kelly, British Academy and published by The British Academy an imprint of Liverpool University Press
Charters of Shaftesbury Abbey has 151 pages
Yes it is part of Anglo-Saxon Charters series
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