Early Medieval Studies in Memory of Patrick Wormald

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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, A%oamonn A CarragA!in. 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 AEonne 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 A+thelred'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.