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.

List of contents

Preface.- Abbreviations.- Chronology.- Genealogical Tables.- Through a Glass Darkly: The Origins of English Kingship.- The Time of the Warlords.- The Shadow of Mercia.- Strategies of Power.- All the King's Men.- Out of the North: The Impact of the Vikings.- The Making of England.- Rule and Conflict, 978-1066.- The Ill-Counselled King.- The Danish Conquest.- Authority and Ambition, 1042-66.- Index.

Product details

• Authors: a Williams, A. Williams, Ann Williams
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.1999
• EAN: 9780333567975
• ISBN: 978-0-333-56797-5
• No. of pages: 243
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 19 mm x 216 mm
• Weight: 479 g
• Series: British History in Perspective
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories