
The man who made King Alfred great
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What Do You Think of the Early Medieval English Kingship?
Charters can tell us a huge amount, not only in terms of those those practical agreements thatare beeng made between people, but also in terms of political aspirations and the ideologies of the people. So it takes a bit more digging down into them to get to the juicy stuff. But they very much speaks to the culture of a consensus and consent that surrounded early mediaeval english kingship,. particularly at royal assemblies.
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