The formation of the English kingdom in the tenth century

Oxford University Press

2015

xiv, 302 p.

Bibliogr.: p. 251–284

9780198717911

Contents: Introduction: the unification of the English? ; The geographical extension of Cerdicing domination ; The Cerdicing and their greater subordinates from the late ninth to the mid-tenth century ; The Cerdicings and the general populace from the late ninth to the mid-tenth century ; Administrative change in the mid- to late tenth century ; The implications of administrative change ; Conclusion: the formation of the English kingdom and the «Anglo-Saxon state»

This study is devoted to the question of how the English kingdom was formed, arguing that the eleventh-century English kingdom was defined, not by any earlier vision of English unity, but by a series of administrative reforms that appear to have been implemented in the mid- to late-tenth century.

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