Kingship and Government in Pre-Conquest England c.500-1066

This book is a study of the exercise of royal authority before the Norman Conquest. Six centuries separate the ''adventus Saxonum'' from the battle of Hastings: during those long years, the English kings changed from warlords, who exacted submission by force, into law-givers to whom obedience was a moral duty. In the process, they created many of the administrative institutes which continued to serve their successors. They also created England: the united kingdom of the English people.>

Product details

• Authors: a Williams, A. Williams, Ann Williams
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.04.1999
• EAN: 9780333567982
• ISBN: 978-0-333-56798-2
• No. of pages: 243
• Series: British History in Perspective; British History in Perspective
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories