Description: This collection is dedicated to Patrick Wormald in honour of his long and distinguished contribution to the field of early medieval history. Covering key theses including, kingship, law, image, ideology and culture the collection offers original contributions from an international cast of leading medieval scholars. This volume not only provides a fascinating cross-section of the latest research, but provides a fitting tribute to an outstanding and much missed historian.
Review Quotes: 'This rich collection of thirty-three essays is a fitting tribute for the early medieval historian Patrick Wormald ... [it] demonstrates the creativity, originality, and importance of the early medieval world, while opening up many questions for further debate and study.' The Medieval Review 'This is a remarkable tribute to a remarkable scholar, and anyone who is interested in early medieval law and scholarship, Anglo-Saxon society or the early medieval church simply must read it.' Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association