By drawing upon sources as diverse as literature and archaeology, this book brings together a rich variety of scholarship to offer a new insight into the world of Edward the Elder, son and successor of King Alfred.

List of figures, List of tables, List of contributors, Acknowledgements, 1 Edward the Elder's reputation: an introduction, 2 What is not known about the reign of Edward the Elder, 3 Edward as Ætheling, 4 Edward, king of the Anglo-Saxons, 5 The coinage of Edward the Elder, 6 The West Saxon tradition of dynastic marriage: with special reference to Edward the Elder, 7 View from the West: an Irish perspective on West Saxon dynastic pactice, 8 Gloucester and the New Minster of St Oswald, 9 Ælfwynn, second lady of the Mercians, 10 Edward the Elder's Danelaw, 11 The shiring of Mercia - again, 12 Edward the Elder and the re-establishment of Chester, 13 The North-West frontier, 14 A kingdom too far: York in the early tenth century, 15 The (non)submission of the northern kings in 920, 16 The Northern Hoards: from Cuerdale to Bossall/Flaxton, 17 Edward the Elder and the churches of Winchester and Wessex, 18 Dynastic monasteries and family cults: Edward the Elder's sainted kindred, 19 On þa wæpnedhealfe: kingship and royal property from Æthelwulf to Edward the Elder, 20 The Junius Psalter gloss: tradition and innovation, 21 The embroideries from the tomb of St Cuthbert, 22 Endpiece, Index