Richard Purkiss
Biographic Data
| ID | 5747423 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Richard Purkiss |
| GIVEN NAMES | Richard |
| FAMILY NAME | Purkiss |
| SIGNATURE | PURKISS R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Manchester |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1932-393X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The status of thegn in late Anglo‐Saxon England
This article considers how the term ‘thegn’ was used in tenth‐ and eleventh‐century England. Although commonly thought to indicate members of a face‐to‐face service aristocracy with specific attributes, it has resisted close definition. Examination of references to anonymous thegns in administrative and legal texts suggests that the people meant were, increasingly, quite ordinary landowners. This casts Archbishop Wulfstan's much‐quoted stipulatio…
The Limits of the Danelaw
The Danelaw is commonly understood as the largest of three legal provinces in tenth- to twelfth-century England, extending from Yorkshire to Middlesex. Ninth-century settlers from Scandinavia are taken to have introduced a body of custom which contrasted with West Saxon and Mercian law. This article argues that established definitions of the Danelaw do not reflect the meaning of the original Old English term Dena lagu, and rest on unreliable text…
The Moral Economy of the Countryside
Historians are accustomed to treat popular appeals to ‘good old laws’ with scepticism. The concept of a moral economy was first developed by E.P. Thompson in opposition to such instincts, maintaining not only that society was shaped by historically embedded norms and obligations, but that ordinary people were capable of articulating them with precision. Rosamond Faith sets out to uncover the ideas which structured social relations in the centurie…
Anglo-Norman Studies XLI
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Anglo-Norman Studies XLI
The Moral Economy of the Countryside
Historians are accustomed to treat popular appeals to ‘good old laws’ with scepticism. The concept of a moral economy was first developed by E.P. Thompson in opposition to such instincts, maintaining not only that society was shaped by historically embedded norms and obligations, but that ordinary people were capable of articulating them with precision. Rosamond Faith sets out to uncover the ideas which structured social relations in the centurie…
The Limits of the Danelaw
The Danelaw is commonly understood as the largest of three legal provinces in tenth- to twelfth-century England, extending from Yorkshire to Middlesex. Ninth-century settlers from Scandinavia are taken to have introduced a body of custom which contrasted with West Saxon and Mercian law. This article argues that established definitions of the Danelaw do not reflect the meaning of the original Old English term Dena lagu, and rest on unreliable text…
The status of thegn in late Anglo‐Saxon England
This article considers how the term ‘thegn’ was used in tenth‐ and eleventh‐century England. Although commonly thought to indicate members of a face‐to‐face service aristocracy with specific attributes, it has resisted close definition. Examination of references to anonymous thegns in administrative and legal texts suggests that the people meant were, increasingly, quite ordinary landowners. This casts Archbishop Wulfstan's much‐quoted stipulatio…
History (3 works) · Medieval Literature and History (3 works) · History (2 works) · 449-1066 (1 work) · Ancient history (1 work) · anglo-saxon period (1 work) · Anglo-Saxons (1 work) · Archbishop (1 work) · Aristocracy (class (1 work) · Art (1 work)