Anglo-Saxon Age C.400-1042

An introductory survey which provides a clear and accessible account of the centuries between the arrival of the Anglo-Saxons and the Norman Conquest.

List of contents

Introduction; 1: Sub-Roman Britain: The First Phase of Saxon Occupation; 2: The Second Phase: The Character of Conquest; 3: The Conversion of the Angles and Saxons; 4: The Consolidation of the Church; 5: The Early Kingdoms; 6: The Kingdom of Northumbria; 7: Southern England in the Eighth Century: The Mercian Supremacy; 8: England and Europe; 9: Political and Ecclesiastical Developments in Southern England; 10: King Alfred 'The Great'; 11: The Making of England; 12: The Apogee of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom; 13: The Nadir of Anglo-Saxon Kingship; 14: The Anglo-Scandinavian Kingdom; Epilogue

About the author

D. J. V. Fisher

Summary

An introductory survey which provides a clear and accessible account of the centuries between the arrival of the Anglo-Saxons and the Norman Conquest.

Product details

• Authors: D J V Fisher, D. J. V. Fisher, Fisher D. J. V.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.02.2017
• EAN: 9781138167421
• ISBN: 978-1-138-16742-1
• No. of pages: 384
• Series: A History of England; A History of England
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; HISTORY / General, Medieval History, c 1000 CE to c 1500, c 500 to c 1000 CE, History and Archaeology, European history: medieval period, middle ages