Families of the king
Subtitle: writing identity in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
By: Alice Sheppard.
Series: Toronto Old English series ;; 12
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Toronto; Buffalo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 266
Subjects: Anglo-Saxon chronicle.; Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.; Rois et souverains -- Grande-Bretagne.; Great Britain -- Kings and rulers.; Great Britain -- History -- Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066 -- Historiography.; Great Britain -- History -- Norman period, 1066-1154 -- Historiography.; Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire -- 449-1066 (Période anglo-saxonne) -- Historiographie.; Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire -- 1066-1154 (Période normande) -- Historiographie.
Description: "The annals of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle are fundamental to the study of the language, literature, and culture of the Anglo-Saxon period. Ranging from the ninth to the twelfth century, the Chronicle's five primary manuscripts offer a virtually contemporary history of Anglo-Saxon England, contribute to the body of Old English prose and poetic texts, and enable scholars to document how the Old English language changed."

"In Families of the King, Alice Sheppard explicitly addresses the larger interpretive question of how the manuscripts function as history. She shows that what has been read as a series of disparate entries and peculiar juxtapositions is in fact a compelling articulation of collective identity and a coherent approach to writing the secular history of invasion, conquest, and settlement."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-250) and index.