Charters, Northumbria and the unification of England in the tenth and eleventh centuries
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Publication Date
2015-03Journal Title
Northern History
ISSN
0078-172X
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Volume
52
Issue
1
Pages
35-51
Language
English
Type
Article
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Woodman, D. (2015). Charters, Northumbria and the unification of England in the tenth and eleventh centuries. Northern History, 52 (1), 35-51. https://doi.org/10.1179/0078172X14Z.00000000076
Abstract
The extent to which southern kings of England, from the tenth century onwards, were able to claim authority over the kingdom of Northumbria, is a question of considerable importance in any consideration of the unification of England in the Anglo-Saxon period. Scholars have previously made use of a range of historical evidence in the pursuit of answers, including the testimony of, for example, narrative texts, coins and place-names. But the royal charters and diplomas of Anglo-Saxon Northumbria have never before been harnessed in such discussions and this article examines what they reveal about structures of power within England and likewise within Northumbria itself.
Keywords
Northumbria, unification (of England), charters/diplomas, diplomatic
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External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1179/0078172X14Z.00000000076
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/267163
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