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Integration, Assimilation, Annexation: Æthelstan and the Anglo-Saxon Hegemony in York
- Author(s):
- Matthew Firth (see profile)
- Date:
- 2019
- Group(s):
- Early Medieval, Medieval Studies
- Subject(s):
- Anglo-Saxons--Study and teaching, Middle Ages, History, England
- Item Type:
- Article
- Tag(s):
- English history, Anglo-Saxon studies, Early medieval history, Medieval, Medieval England, Medieval history, Medieval studies
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/2b5n-7v04
- Abstract:
- The 927 AD conquest of Scandinavian Northumbria by the ascendant Anglo-Saxon king, Æthelstan, seems a straightforward action of military annexation. Yet Æthelstan's actions, both leading into, and subsequent to, his annexation of York, demonstrate a nuanced strategy of assimilation of which military dominance formed only a part. Examining chronicle accounts of Æthelstan's reign, alongside a key royal diploma, numismatics, and archaeology, this paper argues that the Anglo-Saxon king's intent was not to establish hegemony over Viking York through force and subsequent occupation alone. Rather, Æthelstan wielded a combination of military power and strategies of social integration to bring the Scandinavian north into his developing English kingdom as a functionally homogenised territory.
- Metadata:
- xml
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 1 year ago
- License:
- All Rights Reserved
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