학술논문
Questioning Egbert's Edict.
Document Type
Article
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Subject
*HISTORICAL controversies
*HISTORICAL errors
*MEDIEVAL historiography
*MEDIEVAL British history
*INTELLECTUAL life
BRITISH history sources
BRITISH history to 1066
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ISSN
0018-2753
Abstract
The article discusses the historical controversy surrounding the article by John Gillingham which appeared in a previous issue which forwarded the idea the Kingdom of England was named by Anglo-Saxon King Egbert, ninth-century king of the West Saxons. The author questions the reliability of the source of this story which was referred to in the entry for 828 in the Winchester Annals, compiled by a 12th-century monk Richard of Devizes. The reliability and creative storytelling abilities of Richard is compared to other Medieval historians.