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Persuasive Agency of Objects and Practices in Alfred the Great’s Reform Program

Georgina Pitt
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  • ISBN 9781802700848
  • Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
  • Publication Date: 31 Aug 2024
  • Publisher: Arc Humanities Press
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Hardback
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Alfred the Great's early English kingdom was the only one to resist Viking conquest. His reform program strengthened the kingdom and enabled it to hold fast against the Vikings. But texts are largely silent on the process of reform. There has been a tendency to assume that these reforms would obviously be beneficial, but Alfred’s elites were not to know that in advance. What motivated them to do as their king bid them?

This book analyzes how objects and behaviours shaped aristocratic response to the reform program, using assemblage theory and social practice theory. The Alfred Jewel (as shown on the cover) exercised a powerful persuasive agency in Alfredian reform. Broadening the frame of inquiry beyond textual evidence, giving objects and behaviours their due, permits a richer and more nuanced understanding.
About Georgina Pitt
Georgina Pitt is an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia. Her research focuses on the early medieval period, across the disciplines of history, literary studies, and archaeology. She has published on Alfredian reform, Sutton Hoo, and the medieval experience of war.

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