King Æthelstan in the English, Continental and Scandinavian traditions of the tenth to the thirteenth centuries

Using close textual analysis, this thesis has identified similarities and differences in the ways in which the Anglo-Saxon king, Æthelstan, is depicted in narrative sources from England, the Continent and Scandinavia during the tenth to the thirteenth centuries; how historical, cultural, and literar...

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Main Author: Smith, Angela Marion
Other Authors: Swann, Mary ; Hall, Alaric ; Flynn, William
Published: University of Leeds 2014
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.617301