Levi Roach Knihy

The book delves into the intriguing phenomenon of documentary forgery during the transition to the first millennium. It examines the motivations behind these forgeries, the impact they had on historical narratives, and the methods used to create them. Through detailed analysis, it sheds light on the social, political, and cultural contexts that fostered such deceptions, providing readers with a comprehensive understanding of how these forged documents influenced perceptions of authenticity and authority in that era.

"Medieval historian Levi Roach suggests that the king has been wrongly maligned all along. Drawing on extensive research, Roach argues that Æthelred was driven by pious concerns about sin, society and the anticipated apocalypse, and that his strategies, in this light, were to honour God and find redemption. Chronologically charting Æthelred's life, illuminating his place in England and Europe at the start of the first millennium, this book is a ... more humanised, accessible and nuanced portrayal of the monarch than has ever before been available."--Jacket.

In the first dedicated treatment of Anglo-Saxon assembly politics since the 1950s, Roach takes into account recent discussions of continental rulership in the early Middle Ages. He investigates the constitutional aspects of assemblies and the symbolic and representational nature of these gatherings, and challenges existing models of the late Anglo-Saxon state.

The first global history of the Normans, who - beyond the conquest of England - came to dominate Europe, the Mediterranean and the Middle East.