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The Persuasive Agency of Objects and Practices in Alfred the Great's Reform Program.

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Alfred the Great's early English kingdom was the only one to resist Viking conquest. His reform program strengthened the kingdom and enabled it to hold fast against the Vikings. But texts are largely silent on the process of reform. There has been a tendency to assume that these reforms would o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pitt, Georgina
Corporate Author: Walter de Gruyter & Co
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Arc Humanities Press, 2024.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:CARMEN Visual and Material Cultures Series.
Subjects:
Civilization, Anglo-Saxon.
Material culture > Great Britain > History > To 1500.
Great Britain > History > Alfred, 871-899.
Civilisation anglo-saxonne.
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 871-899 (Alfred)
HISTORY / Medieval.
Aestel.
Alfred Jewel.
Wessex.
assemblage theory.
new materialism.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • AUTHOR'S NOTE
  • ABBREVIATIONS
  • Prelude. The Enigmatic Alfred Jewel
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Chapter 2. Military Innovation: Performing Alfredian Ideology
  • Chapter 3. Alfredian Ideology
  • Chapter 4. Alfredian Learning and Its Implications for Alfredian Reform
  • Chapter 5. Text-Bodies: A Crucial Actant
  • Chapter 6. Social Practices: Routinized Ways of Doing Things
  • Chapter 7. The Enigmatic Alfred Jewel: A Powerful Player in Alfredian Reform
  • Coda. Looking Forward: Alfred's Successors
  • Bibliography
  • Index