The Anglo-Saxon age : a very short introduction / John Blair.

By:

Blair, John, 1955-

Material type:

TextSeries: Very short introductions ; 18Publication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.Description: 90 p. : ill., maps ; 18 cmISBN:

0192854038

Subject(s):

Great Britain -- History -- Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066

Contents:

The English Settlements -- The Seventh Century -- Christianity and the Monastic Culture -- The Mercian Supremacy -- The Viking Invasions and the Rise of the House of Wessex -- Aetherled and Cnut: The Decline of the English Monarchy -- The End of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom.

Summary: John Blair's Very Short Introduction to the Anglo-Saxon Age covers the emergence of the earliest English settlements to the Norman victory in 1066. This book is a brief introduction to the political, social, religious, and cultural history of Anglo-Saxon England and it is the most comprehensive and authoritative short guide to the Anglo- Saxon age available.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 76-79) and index.

John Blair's Very Short Introduction to the Anglo-Saxon Age covers the emergence of the earliest English settlements to the Norman victory in 1066. This book is a brief introduction to the political, social, religious, and cultural history of Anglo-Saxon England and it is the most comprehensive and authoritative short guide to the Anglo- Saxon age available.