The History of the Anglo-Saxons 4 Volume Set Mixed media product
by Sharon Turner
Part of the Cambridge Library Collection - Medieval History series
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Sharon Turner (1768-1847) practised as a solicitor in London, specialising in the law of copyright.
As a young man he became enthusiastically involved in the study of Anglo-Saxon and Icelandic literature and history.
In 1799-1805 he published this four-volume history, still acknowledged as a turning point in Anglo-Saxon studies and a benchmark in historiography.
Turner was elected a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1800, soon after the first volume appeared.
His approach of contrasting 'Anglo-Saxon freedom' with 'the Norman yoke' (an idea dating from the seventeenth century) held particular appeal at a time of deteriorating political relations with France.
Turner's lasting achievement, however, was to draw public attention to the rich and fascinating material contained in the Anglo-Saxon manuscripts he had studied at the British Museum.
This work went through many editions, but was eventually superseded by Kemble's The Saxons in England (1849, also reissued).
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- Pages:1810 pages, 1 Plates, color
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:22/03/2018
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- ISBN:9781108082006
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Item not Available
- Format:Mixed media product
- Pages:1810 pages, 1 Plates, color
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:22/03/2018
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- ISBN:9781108082006
