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Assembly practices in Tenth-century England: continuities and innovations in military mobilisation

Brookes, Stuart; (2023) Assembly practices in Tenth-century England: continuities and innovations in military mobilisation. In: Santos Salazar, Igor and Tente, Catarina, (eds.) The 10th Century in Western Europe: Change and Continuity. (pp. 53-64). Archaeopress Publishing: Oxford, UK. Green open access

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Abstract

This contribution outlines evidence for the development during the tenth century in England of an important local administrative institution known as the ‘hundred’. It argues that the origin of the hundred is related directly to that of regional strongholds—burhs—that were created during the West Saxon kings’ wars with the Vikings. In this development, hundreds together with burhs, can be regarded as superseding earlier systems of administration and military organization, aspects of which can be revealed by archaeological and place-name research. In turn, the emergence of hundreds, as a dense network of local administrative units, represented a significant moment in the territorialisation of royal power. Governance shifted from being an open system comprising a variety of different community forms and processes to one that was fully ordered, regulated, and part of the quotidian experience of local people.

Type: Book chapter
Title: Assembly practices in Tenth-century England: continuities and innovations in military mobilisation
ISBN-13: 9781803275130
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.32028/9781803275130
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.32028/9781803275130
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: Anglo-Saxon; hundred; assembly places; territory formation; military landscape
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Institute of Archaeology
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10176946
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