02367nam a22003378a 4500 CR9781139567756 UkCbUP 20180107143409.0 m|||||o||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 120809s2013||||enk s ||1 0|eng|d 9781139567756 (ebook) 9781107036536 (hardback) UkCbUP UkCbUP rda JN513 .R63 2013 320.942/09021 23 Roach, Levi, author. Kingship and Consent in Anglo-Saxon England, 871–978 : Assemblies and the State in the Early Middle Ages / [electronic resource] Levi Roach. Kingship & Consent in Anglo-Saxon England, 871–978 Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013. 1 online resource (314 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series ; no. 92 Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015). This engaging new study focuses on the role of assemblies in later Anglo-Saxon politics, challenging and nuancing existing models of the late Anglo-Saxon state. Its ten chapters investigate both traditional constitutional aspects of assemblies - who attended these events, where and when they met, and what business they conducted - and the symbolic and representational nature of these gatherings. Levi Roach takes into account important recent work on continental rulership, and argues that assemblies were not a check on kingship in these years, but rather an essential feature of it. In particular, the author highlights the role of symbolic communication at assemblies, arguing that ritual and demonstration were as important in English politics as they were elsewhere in Europe. Far from being exceptional, the methods of rulership employed by English kings look very much like those witnessed elsewhere on the continent, where assemblies and ritual formed an essential part of the political order. Print version: 9781107036536 Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series ; no. 92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139567756 Cambridge Books Online 236330 236330