IMC 2017: Sessions
Session 1001: New Perspectives on the Reign of King Æthelstan
Wednesday 5 July 2017, 09.00-10.30
| Organiser: | Robert Gallagher, Faculty of English Language & Literature, University of Oxford |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Charles Insley, School of Arts, Languages & Cultures, University of Manchester |
| Paper 1001-a | Remaking a 10th-Century Kingdom: Coins, Charters, and Projections of Kingship in the Reign of Æthelstan (Language: English) Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Numismatics, Political Thought, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 1001-b | The Continental Script Influences at the Court of King Æthelstan (Language: English) Index terms: Manuscripts and Palaeography, Political Thought, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 1001-c | Latin Vocabulary at the Court of King Æthelstan (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Latin, Political Thought, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Abstract | The reign of King Æthelstan (924/5-939) is widely recognised as an extraordinary period in the history of Anglo-Saxon England. Æthelstan has often been heralded as the 'first king of England', while the multilingual make-up of his court attests to the high esteem with which contemporaries across Europe held this king. The political and cultural developments of these fifteen years, meanwhile, have been seen by several scholars as having deep and long-lasting consequences. The three papers in this session offer new insights into Æthelstan's reign, respectively examining contemporary views of kingship, script developments, and Latin literary production; together they provide an opportunity for new reflection on this time of exceptional dynamism. |