The Anglo-Saxon Age
A Very Short Introduction
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ISBN:
9780192854032
Publication date:
31/07/2014
Paperback
112 pages
170x110mm
Price: 350.00 INR
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ISBN:
9780192854032
Publication date:
31/07/2014
Paperback
112 pages
John Blair
Most comprehensive and authoritative short guide to the Anglo-Saxon age,Highly acclaimed text, first published in The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain,Revised and updated for this edition,Indispensable for students and general readers
Rights: OUP UK (INDIAN TERRITORY)
John Blair
Description
First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, 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.
ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas,
and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
About the author
John Blair, Fellow and Prelector in Modern History, The Queen's College, OxfordJohn Blair
Table of contents
Introduction
1:The English settlements
2:The seventh century
3:Christianity and the monastic culture
4:The Mercian supremacy
5:The Viking invasions and the rise of the house of Wessex
6:Æthelred and Cnut: the decline of the English monarchy
7:The end of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom
Further reading
Chronology
Index
John Blair
Description
First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, 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.
ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas,
and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
About the author
John Blair, Fellow and Prelector in Modern History, The Queen's College, OxfordTable of contents
Introduction
1:The English settlements
2:The seventh century
3:Christianity and the monastic culture
4:The Mercian supremacy
5:The Viking invasions and the rise of the house of Wessex
6:Æthelred and Cnut: the decline of the English monarchy
7:The end of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom
Further reading
Chronology
Index
John Robertson
Kenneth Morgan
Geraldine Pinch
Karen Radner
Hugh Bowden
Carl Abbott
Louis P. Masur
Joseph T. Glatthaar
Andrew J. Bayliss
Ashley Jackson
