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"John Blair has a reputation for being one of the most original historians of Anglo-Saxon England, and he amply merits that with this amazing new book. This deft mixture of archaeology, history, and place-name studies shows us how Anglo-Saxon villages worked, in ways that have never been attempted before. Everyone in the future will have to start with this pathbreaking work."
--Chris Wickham, author of Medieval Europe "A magisterial work. Blair provides a compelling, integrated survey of Anglo-Saxon settlement, habitation, architecture, landscape design, and urban design. An impressive book of sweeping coverage,
Building Anglo-Saxon England will undoubtedly become the standard work in the field."
--Richard Gameson, author of The Role of Art in the Late Anglo-Saxon Church "A book that will undoubtedly shape approaches to early medieval England for many years to come."
--Richard Jones, author of The Medieval Natural World
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John Blair
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A radical rethinking of the Anglo-Saxon world that draws on the latest archaeological discoveriesThis beautifully illustrated book draws on the latest archaeological discoveries to present a radical reappraisal of the Anglo-Saxon built environment and its inhabitants. John Blair, one of the world's leading experts on this transformative era in
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"Perceptively and compellingly constructed, and richly furnished with illustrations, maps and plans throughout, it again represents a hugely important contribution from a most luminary scholar."---Duncan W. Wright, Early Medieval Europe
