Kings and kingdoms of early Anglo-Saxon England

Author(s)

• Yorke, Barbara

Bibliographic Information

Kings and kingdoms of early Anglo-Saxon England

Barbara Yorke

Routledge, 1997

Note

First published: London : Seaby, 1990

Bibliography: p. [196]-211

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Kings and Kingdoms of Early Anglo-Saxon England provides a unique survey of the six major Anglo-Saxon kingdoms - Kent, the East Saxons, the East Angles, Northumbria, Mercia and Wessex - and their royal families, examining the most recent research in this field. Barbara Yorke moves beyond narrative accounts of the various royal houses to explain issues such as the strategies of rule, the reasons for success and failure and the dynamics of change in the office of king. Sixteen genealogical and regnal tables help to elucidate the history of the royal houses.

Table of Contents

Foreword, List of tables and illustrations, I. INTRODUCTION: THE ORIGINS OF THE ANGLO-SAXON KINGDOMS, II. KENT, III. THE EAST SAXONS, IV. THE EAST ANGLES, V. NORTHUMBRIA, VI. MERCIA, VII. THE WEST SAXONS, VIII. CONCLUSION: THE DEVELOPMENT OF KINGSHIP c. 600-900, Bibliography and Abbreviations

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• NCID: BA39169422
• ISBN:
  • 041516639X
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: iv, 218 p., [8] p. of plates
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • DC21 : 942.010922
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Great Britain -- History -- Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066
  • LCSH : Great Britain -- Kings and rulers