Provisional Drogereit pdf

(p. 396) The Kings Eadmund, Eadred and Eadwig called themselves “King of the
People”, as we encounter everywhere at that time, rather than “King of the Land”.
He borrows the Sanction from the diplomatic that Eadmund B used initially.
The dating clause retains the “Scripta” specification, once more in common use since
Eadwig 139 .
The witness-list assumes the simple form of Eadwig’s time, with the signatures being
simplified even further. An abbot appears as a witness for the first time again. This is
the reformer Aethelwold, who is listed after the bishops and before the ‘duces’. Solely
in this charter he adds after his name: “Ego Aethelwold abbas depinxi”. 140
The second charter demonstrates in essence the final style of Eadgar A. As he is still,
however, attempting a new diplomatic, we would just like to highlight a few terms
from this charter that later disappear, yet still characterise his development.
He uses here an Exposition (see above), which follows the royal style. It corresponds
to the Exposition of Ae. A (see above).
One sentence in the Dispositive section is strongly reminiscent of Eadmund C.
“…cum omnibus utensilibus quae Deus celorum in ipsa telluris edidit superficie.”
Spanien (The Charters of Emperor Alfons of Spain), in A.f.U.X, 388 f. Berlin Leipzig 1928. Cf.
incidentally, the fact that in Anglo-Saxon charters it stated correspondingly: “totius Britanniae”).
Shortly after the name of the land appeared in the royal style, the other component disappeared, that
stated claim to the supreme kingdom over the Christian rulers of the island. Alfons VII is the last one to
name himself Imperator as successor to the West Gothic Kings of Toledo. Viz. the title was given up
when the region of the particular Spanish Empire bordered on the Universal Empire of the Roman
Emperors (see Review by P. Rassow, H. Z. 145, 604: Rezension zu Ramón Menéndez Pidal, La España
del Cid). If we wish to draw a parallel, for Aethelstan it resulted in his selecting the name of the land
precisely on the grounds that he knew, through his connection with the Continent, of the existence of
the Universal Empire that was not yet vacant. It then becomes clear to us why the title of Imperator
does not appear in authentic Anglo-Saxon charters of that period, if we do not consider the term
Basileos as being its equivalent. (Incidentally, Knut called himself King of England, see J. Allen,
Inquiry into the Rise and Growth of the Royal Prerogative in England 2 [1849], p. 51.)
139 This “Scripta” is widespread in pre-Alfred charters, but was also still used by Ae. A.
140 See Excursus I.
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