n.a. (2005). Æthelbald and Offa -- two eighth-century kings of Mercia.. Oxford: Archaeopress.

Title:

Æthelbald and Offa -- two eighth-century kings of Mercia.

Subtitle:

Papers from a conference held in Manchester in 2000, Manchester Centre for Anglo-Saxon Studies

Series:

British Archaeological Reports

Volume:

383

Number of Pages:

138

Publication Type:

Monograph Chapter (in Series)

Abstract:

Volume presenting sixteen papers from the conference entitled ``Æthelbald and Offa: two-eighth century kings of Mercia'' held in Manchester in 2000 at the Manchester Centre for Anglo-Saxon Studies, exploring the political and social context of eighth-century Mercia, examining the lives and legends of Æthelbald and Offa and of their contemporaries, predecessors and successors, and reviewing the evidence from documentary sources, coinage and the archaeological record. Papers include

Issue Editor:

David H Hill
Margaret Worthington

Publisher:

Archaeopress

Year of Publication:

2005

ISBN:

1 84171 687 1

Note:

Is Portmanteau: 1

Source:

BIAB (The British & Irish Archaeological Bibliography (BIAB))

Relations:

URI:	http://www.archaeopress.com/defaultBar.asp

Created Date:

18 Nov 2005

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Chapter Title	Author / Editor	Page Start/End
The kingdom of the Mercians in the eighth century	Simon Keynes	1 - 26
Orchestrated violence and the `supremacy of the Mercian kings'	Damian Tyler	27 - 33
Onuist son of Uurguist: tyrannus carnifex or a David for the Picts?	Alex Woolf	35 - 42
Æthelbald, Offa and the patronage of nunneries	Barbara A E Yorke	43 - 48
The lives of the Offas: the posthumous reputation of Offa, King of the Mer...	Richard Martin	49 - 54
Legends of Offa: the journey to Rome	Stephen Matthews	55 - 58
Æthelberht, king and martyr: the development of a legend (Sheila Sharp);	Sheila Sharp	59 - 63
Mentions of Offa in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Beowulf and Widsith	Mark Atherton	65 - 73
Felix's Life of Guthlac: history or hagiography?	Audrey L Meaney	75 - 84
Guthlac's Vita, Mercia and East Anglia in the first half of the eighth century	Nicholas J Higham	85 - 90
Offa's Dyke	Margaret Worthington	91 - 95
The eighth-century urban landscape	David H Hill	97 - 102
Military obligations and Mercian supremacy in the eighth century	Gareth Williams	103 - 109
The coinage of Offa in the light of recent discoveries	Derek Chick	111 - 122
Beonna and Alberht: coinage and historical context	Marion M Archibald	123 - 132
Riches in heaven and on earth: some thoughts on the iconography of coinage at the...	Anna Gannon	133 - 138