{"product_id":"9781784530051","title":"The Making of England : A New History of the Anglo-Saxon World (Library of Medieval Studies)","description":"\u003cp\u003eDuring the tenth century England began to emerge as a distinct country with an identity that was both part of yet separate from 'Christendom'. The reigns of Athelstan, Edgar and Ethelred witnessed the emergence of many key institutions: the formation of towns on modern street plans; an efficient administration; and a serviceable system of tax. Mark Atherton here shows how the stories, legends, biographies and chronicles of Anglo-Saxon England reflected both this exciting time of innovation as well as the myriad lives, loves and hates of the people who wrote them. He demonstrates, too, that this was a nation coming of age, ahead of its time in its use not of the Book-Latin used elsewhere in Europe, but of a narrative Old English prose devised for law and practical governance of the nation-state, for prayer and preaching, and above all for exploring a rich and daring new literature. This prose was unique, but until now it has been neglected for the poetry. Bringing a volatile age to vivid and muscular life, Atherton argues that it was the vernacular of Alfred the Great, as much as Viking war, that truly forged the nation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"I.B. Tauris","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48803289497835,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":320.46,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/4484\/5803\/files\/9781784530051-1.jpg?v=1781702964","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.sg\/products\/9781784530051","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Singapore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}