TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rodrigues da Silva,Renato
TI  - The Anglo-Saxon Elite: Northumbrian Society in the Long Eighth Century 
T2  - The early medieval North Atlantic
SN  - 9789048551088
AV  - HN398 .A545 2021
KW  - Elite (Social sciences)
KW  - England
KW  - Northumbria (Region)
KW  - Civilization, Anglo-Saxon
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; Introduction --; The Aristocracy's Appearance --; Production: Classes and Class Relations --; Introduction --; Circulation --; Time, History and Class through narratives --; Consumption : Aristocratic Eating --; The End : Death --; Conclusion; 2; b
N2  - In all of the literature on Anglo-Saxon England, rarely has the question of social class been confronted head-on. This study draws upon recent research into topics such as religious practice, emotions, daily life, and intellectual culture to investigate how the aristocracy of Northumbria maintained social dominance over wider society. Moreover, this monograph suggests that the crisis that brought an end to Northumbria as an independent kingdom was the product of the social contradictions produced by the ruling class as social domination developed over time. The analysis is divided into three broad parts? production, circulation, and consumption? both as a nod to Marxist historiography and also to signal a commitment to a methodology that situates the subject within a global context
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