Edward the Elder

899-924

N.J. Higham, D.H. Hill, N.J. Higham, D.H. Hill

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2013
• Topic: History
• eBook ISBN:
  9781136349485
• Subtopic: European Medieval History
• Index: History

Edward the Elder, son and successor of King Alfred, was one of the greatest architects of the English state and yet is one of the most neglected kings of English history. During his 24-year reign, Edward led a series of successful campaigns against the Vikings and by the time of his death controlled most of southern and midland England, with his influence also felt in Wales and the north. Edward the Elder is a timely reassessment of his reign and helps to restore this ruler to his rightful place in English history.
The period of Edward's reign is notably lacking in primary materials for historians. But by drawing upon sources as diverse as literature, archaeology, coins and textiles, this book brings together a rich variety of scholarship to offer new insight into the world of Edward the Elder. With this wealth of perspectives, Edward the Elder offers a broad picture of Edward's reign and his relation to the politics and culture of the Anglo-Saxon period.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Half Title page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• List of figures
• List of tables
• List of contributors
• Acknowledgements
• 1 Edward the Elder's reputation: an introduction
• 2 What is not known about the reign of Edward the Elder
• 3 Edward As ÆTheling
• 4 Edward, king of the Anglo-Saxons
• 5 The coinage of Edward the Eeler
• 6 The West Saxon tradition of dynastic marriage: with special reference to Edward the Elder
• 7 View from the West: An irish perspective on West Saxon dynastic practice
• 8 Gloucester and the New Minster of St Oswald
• 9 Ælfwynn, second lady of the Mercians
• 10 Edward the Elder's Danelaw
• 11 The shiring of Mercia — again
• 12 Edward the Elder and the re-establishment of Chester
• 13 The North-West frontier
• 14 A Kingdom too far: York in the early tenth century
• 15 The (non)submission of the northern kings in 9201
• 16 The Northern Hoards: from Cuerdale to Bossall/Flaxton
• 17 Edward the Elder and the churches of Winchester and Wessex
• 18 Dynastic monasteries and family cults: Edward the Elder's sainted kindred
• 19 On pa wæpnedhealfe: kingship and royal property from Æthelwulf to Edward the Elder
• 20 The Junius Psalter gloss: tradition and innovation
• 21 The embroideries from the tomb of St Cuthbert
• Endpiece
• Index