Kingship and government in pre-conquest England c. 500-1066
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Kingship and government in pre-conquest England c. 500-1066
（British history in perspective）
Macmillan , St. Martin's, 1999
- : uk
- : uk : pbk
- : us
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Bibliograhy: p. 222-230
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table 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.
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