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Genre/Form: | History Biography biografi |
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Named Person: | Athelstan, King of England; Athelstan.; Athelstan, King of England; König) Athelstan (England; Athelstan, King of England |
Material Type: | Biography |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Sarah Foot |
ISBN: | 9780300125351 0300125356 9780300187717 0300187718 |
OCLC Number: | 670481431 |
Description: | xiv, 283 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
Contents: | Writing a medieval life -- English king? -- Family -- Court -- Church -- Kingdom -- War -- Death -- British monarch -- Memory, oblivion, commemoration -- Appendix I. William of Malmesbury and a lost life of King Æthelstan -- Appendix II. When King Æthelstan was where. |
Series Title: | The Yale English monarchs series |
Responsibility: | Sarah Foot. |
Abstract:
In this nuanced portrait of Athelstan, Sarah Foot offers the first full account of the king ever written.
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Very welcome indeed . . . the first book-length treatment of the king . . . a measured and well-written account. Charles Insley, Historian--Charles Insley "Historian ""
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