Table of Contents

Contents: Foreword; Preface; Patrick Wormald: The writings of Patrick Wormald, Sarah Foot; Patrick Wormald as historian, Sarah Foot; Patrick Wormald: the teacher, Stuart Airlie; Living with Patrick, Jenny Wormald. Celtic and Anglo-Saxon Foundations: Archipelagic thoughts: comparing early medieval polities in Britain and Ireland, James Campbell; Celtic kings: 'priestly vegetables'?, T.M. Charles-Edwards; The Bretwaldas and the origins of overlordship in Anglo-Saxon England, Barbara Yorke; Royal and Ecclesiastical law in 7th-century Kent, Lisi Oliver. Gregory and Bede: Divine justice in Gregory the Great's Dialogues, David F. Johnson; Bede, the Britons and the book of Samuel, Alan Thacker; Bede and Benedict of Nursia, Scott DeGregorio; After Bede: continuing the Ecclesiastical History, Joanna Story; Chosen arrows, first hidden then revealed: the visitation-archer sequence as a key to the unity of the Ruthwell cross, Éamonn Ó Carragáin. Carolingian Authority and Learning: Alcuin, Charlemagne and the problem of sanctions, Henry Mayr-Harting; 'For it is written in the law': Ansegis and the writing of Carolingian royal authority, Stuart Airlie; Kings, clergy and dogma: the settlement of doctrinal disputes in the Carolingian world, Thomas F.X. Noble; Carolingian missi and their books, Rosamond McKitterick; Charlemagne's daughters, Anton Scharer; Hrabanus Maurus in Anglo-Saxon England: in honorem sanctae crusis, William Schipper. English Politics and Law (9th-12th centuries): The Fonthill letter: Ealdorman Ordlaf and Anglo-Saxon law in practice, Nicholas P. Brooks; An anonymous historian of Edward the Elder's reign, David A.E. Pelteret; Reform and retribution: the 'anti-monastic reaction' in the reign of Edward the Martyr, Sashi Jayakumar; Ðonne se cirlisca man ordales weddiged: the Anglo-Saxon lay ordeal, Sarah Larratt Keefer; Trial by ordeal in Anglo-Saxon England: what's the problem with barley?, John D. Niles; Lordship and justice in late Anglo-Saxon England: the judicial functions of soke and commendation revisited, Stephen Baxter; The Making of English Law and the varieties of legal history, John Hudson; Liturgy or law: misconceived alternatives?, Janet L. Nelson. Church, Cult and Memory in England: King Æthelred's charter for Eynsham Abbey (1005), Simon Keynes; Si litterali memorie commendaretur: memory and cartularies in 11th-century Worcester, Francesca Tinti; Emma's Greek scrine, Lynn Jones; Emma: image and ideology, Catherine E. Karkov; The bishop's book: Leofric's homiliary and 11th-century Exeter, Elaine Treharne; The dangerous dead in early medieval England, John Blair; Indexes.

About the Author

Dr Stephen Baxter, Professor Dame Janet Nelson and Dr David Pelteret are all based at King's College London, UK, Dr Catherine Karkov is based at Miami University, Ohio, USA. Sarah Foot, Stuart Airlie, Jenny Wormald, James Campbell, T.M. Charles-Edwards, Barbara Yorke, Lisi Oliver, David F. Johnson, Alan Thacker, Scott DeGregorio, Joanna Story, Eamonn O Carragain, Henry Mayr-Harting, Thomas F.X. Noble, Rosamond McKitterick, Anton Scharer, William Schipper, Nicholas P. Brooks, David A.E. Pelteret, Sashi Jayakumar, Sarah Larratt Keefer, John D. Niles, Stephen Baxter, John Hudson, Janet L. Nelson, Simon Keynes, Francesca Tinti, Lynn Jones, Catherine E. Karkov, Elaine Treharne, John Blair.

Reviews

’This rich collection of thirty-three essays is a fitting tribute for the early medieval historian Patrick Wormald ... [it] demonstrates the creativity, originality, and importance of the early medieval world, while opening up many questions for further debate and study.’ The Medieval Review 'This is a remarkable tribute to a remarkable scholar, and anyone who is interested in early medieval law and scholarship, Anglo-Saxon society or the early medieval church simply must read it.' Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association