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King Alfred's Book of Laws: A Study of the Domboc and Its Influence on English Identity, with a Complete Translation - Softcover

Preston, Todd

 
9780786465880: King Alfred's Book of Laws: A Study of the Domboc and Its Influence on English Identity, with a Complete Translation

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"During the Middle Ages, King Alfred (reigned 871-99) gained fame as the ruler who brought learning back to England after decades of Viking invasion. Although analysis of Alfred's canon has focused on his religious and philosophical texts, his relativelyoverlooked law code, or Domboc, reveals much about his rule, and how he was perceived in subsequent centuries"--Provided by publisher.

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Todd Preston is an associate professor of English at Lycoming College. Specializing in Anglo-Saxon literature and the Old English language, he has published on topics ranging from the Exeter Book Riddles to Chaucer’s Parliament of Fowls to Melville’s Moby-Dick.

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