The Idea of Anglo-Saxon England 1066-1901

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<ul><li><i>The Idea of Anglo Saxon England, 1066-1901</i> presents the first systematic review of the ways in which Anglo-Saxon studies have evolved from their beginnings to the twentieth century</li><li>Tells the story of how the<i>idea</i> of Anglo-Saxon England evolved from the Anglo-Saxons themselves to the Victorians, serving as a myth of origins for the English people, their language, and some of their most cherished institutions</li><li>Combines original research with established scholarship to reveal how current conceptions of English identity might be very different if it were not for the discovery and invention of the Anglo-Saxon past</li><li>Reveals how documents dating from the Anglo-Saxon era have greatly influenced modern attitudes toward nationhood, race, religious practice, and constitutional liberties</li><li>Includes more than fifty images of manuscripts, early printed books, paintings, sculptures, and major historians of the era</li></ul>

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<p><b>John D. Niles</b> is Professor Emeritus of Humanities at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Professor Emeritus of English at the University of California, Berkeley, and a Life Member of Clare Hall, Cambridge. A past president of the International Society of Anglo-Saxonists, he is the author or editor of a dozen books on Old English literature and related topics, including<i>Beowulf: The Poem and Its Tradition</i> (1983) and<i>Homo Narrans: The Poetics and Anthropology of Oral Literature</i> (1997).</p>

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