An introduction to Anglo-Saxon England
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An introduction to Anglo-Saxon England
Cambridge University Press, 1977
2nd ed
- : pbk
Available at 33 libraries
Note
Bibliography: p. 364-370
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This is a lucid, authoritative and well-balanced account of Anglo-Saxon history. Peter Hunter Blair's book has achieved classic status, and is published now with a new, up-to-date bibliography prepared by Simon Keynes. Between the end of the Roman occupation and the coming of the Normans, England was settled by Germanic races; the kingdom as a political unit was created, heathenism yielded to a vigorous Christian Church, superb works of art were made, and the English language - spoken and written - took its form. These origins of the English heritage are Hunter Blair's subject. The first two chapters survey Anglo-Saxon England: its wars, its invaders, its peoples and its kings. The remaining chapters deal with specific aspects of its culture: its Church, government, economy and literary achievement. Throughout the author uses illustrations and a wide range of sources - documents, archaeological evidence and place names - to illuminate the period as a whole.
Table of Contents
- List of illustrations
- Note on the re-issue of the second edition
- Preface to the second edition
- Preface to the first edition
- 1. The foundations of England
- 2. Britain and the Vikings
- 3. The Church
- 4. Government
- 5. Economy
- 6. Letters
- Select bibliography
- Index.
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