Early medieval Winchester : communities, authority and power in an urban space, c.800-c.1200 /

Winchester's identity as a royal centre became well established between the ninth and twelfth centuries, closely tied to the significance of the religious communities who lived within and without the city walls. The reach of power of Winchester was felt throughout England and into the Continent...

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Online Access:Electronic book from EBSCO
Other Authors: Lavelle, Ryan (Editor), Roffey, Simon (Editor), Weikert, Katherine (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published:Oxford : Oxbow Books, 2021.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Communities, Authority and Power in Winchester, c. 800-c. 1200 / Katherine Weikert, Ryan Lavelle, and Simon Roffey
  • 2. Capital Considerations: Winchester and the Birth of Urban Archaeology / Martin Biddle
  • 3. The King's Stone: Peace, Power and the Highway in Early Medieval Winchester / Alexander James Langlands
  • 4. Royal Burial in Winchester: Context and Significance / Barbara Yorke
  • 5. Constructing Early Medieval Winchester: Historical Narratives and the Compilation of British Library Cotton Otho B.XI / Sharon M. Rowley
  • 6. Winchester, Æthelings and Clitones: The Political Significance of the City for Anglo-Saxon Royalty and Norman Nobility / David McDermott
  • 7. The Execution of Earl Waltheof: Public Space and Royal Authority at the Edge of Eleventh-Century Winchester / Ryan Lavelle
  • 8. Queen, the Countess and the Conflict: Winchester 1141 / Katherine Weikert
  • 9. Lantfred and Local Life at Winchester in the 960s and 970s / Mark Atherton
  • 10. Wælcyrian in the Water Meadows: Lantfred's Furies / Eric lacey
  • 11. SK27, Or A Winchester Pilgrim's Tale / Simon Roffey
  • 12. The Early Jewish Community in Twelfth-Century Winchester: An Interdisciplinary View / Toni Griffiths
  • 13. Henry of Blois and an Archbishopric of Winchester: Medieval Rationale and Anglo-Saxon Sources / Alexander R. Rumble
  • 14. Swithun in the North: A Winchester Saint in Norway / Karl Christian Alvestad.