Writing the Welsh Borderlands in Anglo-Saxon England - (Artes Liberales) by Lindy Brady (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>An ambitious book which argues that the March of Wales, as it existed as a legally defined space in the period after 1066, had a long pre-history as a place of encounter and interchange from the early Anglo-Saxon period. It is argued that this frontier space was not inevitably a zone of ethnic conflict, but one where hybrid identities could exist.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><em>Writing the Welsh borderlands in Anglo-Saxon England</em> is the first study of the Anglo-Welsh border region in the period before the Norman Conquest, from the fifth to the twelfth centuries. It significantly alters our current picture of Anglo-Welsh relations by overturning the longstanding critical belief that interactions between these two peoples were predominately contentious. In fact, as the book shows, the region which would later become the March of Wales was not a military frontier but a distinctly mixed Anglo-Welsh cultural zone.<br /> <br /> The book studies how the region of the Welsh borderlands before 1066 was depicted in a group of early medieval British texts which have traditionally been interpreted as reflecting a clear and adversarial Anglo-Welsh divide. Chapters focus on some of the most central literary and historical works from Anglo-Saxon England, including Bede's <em>Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum</em>, Latin and Old English <em>Lives</em> of St. Guthlac, the Old English Exeter Book Riddles and the <em>Anglo-Saxon Chronicle</em>. A careful analysis reveals that these works depict the Welsh borderlands area differently than the rest of Wales - not as the site of Anglo-Welsh conflict but as a distinct region with a mixed culture. This suggests that the region was much more culturally coherent, and the impact of the Norman Conquest on it much greater, than has been previously realised.<br /> <br /> <em>Writing the Welsh borderlands in Anglo-Saxon England </em>will be essential reading for both students and scholars of early medieval literature and history.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><i>Writing the Welsh borderlands in Anglo-Saxon England</i> is the first study of the Anglo-Welsh border region in the period before the Norman Conquest, from the fifth to the twelfth centuries. It significantly alters our current picture of Anglo-Welsh relations by overturning the longstanding critical belief that interactions between these two peoples were predominately contentious. In fact, as the book shows, the region which would later become the March of Wales was not a military frontier but a distinctly mixed Anglo-Welsh cultural zone. The book studies how the region of the Welsh borderlands before 1066 was depicted in a group of early medieval British texts which have traditionally been interpreted as reflecting a clear and adversarial Anglo-Welsh divide. Chapters focus on some of the most central literary and historical works from Anglo-Saxon England, including Bede's <i>Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum</i>, Latin and Old English <i>Lives</i> of St. Guthlac, the Old English Exeter Book Riddles and the <i>Anglo-Saxon Chronicle</i>. A careful analysis reveals that these works depict the Welsh borderlands area differently than the rest of Wales - not as the site of Anglo-Welsh conflict but as a distinct region with a mixed culture. This suggests that the region was much more culturally coherent, and the impact of the Norman Conquest on it much greater, than has been previously realised. <i>Writing the Welsh borderlands in Anglo-Saxon England </i>will be essential reading for both students and scholars of early medieval literature and history.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><br>This is an important book for students of early British history and Old English literature. The scholarship is rigorous and extensive, fitting key primary sources into a carefully worked out historical and chronological arrangement to produce some genuinely new interpretations. - Helen Fulton, <br>University of Bristol, The Medieval Review <br><p></p><br>This book makes a significant contribution and is likely to be of interest and value to all who study the history of early medieval Britain and in particular the relationship between England and Wales. - David Callander, Journal of the English Place-Name Society, Vol. 50 (2018) <br><p></p><br>The book's greatest merit is that it has a big idea, articulated in a series of propositions which are clearly set out. All the arguments are fully supported both by immediate reference to the sources and by deep contextualization. It has fresh readings of familiar material, and fresh constructions<br>of familiar historical episodes, all of them stimulating. - Dr C.P. Lewis, Institute of Historical Research, King's College London, Early Medieval Europe, Vol. 27, Issue 2 <br><p></p><br><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><br><strong>Lindy Brady</strong> is Assistant Professor in the Department of English at the University of Mississippi<br>
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