Describes the history and culture of the Anglo-Saxons, looks at their family life, clothing, warfare, religious beliefs, and crafts, and shows reconstructed villages
In this major survey, three distinguished historians produce an exciting introduction to the field.
Starting AD 400 (around the time of their invasion of England) and running through to the 1100s (the 'Aftermath'), historian Geoffrey Hindley shows the Anglo-Saxons as formative in the history...
Published 1799-1805, this four-volume work was a benchmark in Anglo-Saxon studies, drawing on manuscripts in the British Museum.
Frustrated with other studies of the origins of the Anglo-Saxons which, Donald Henson argues, are generally over-reliant on archaeological sources and social theories of change taken from prehistory, share a lack of objectivity and have ...
Edwin's queen was a Christian Kentish princess and she brought with her a chaplain, Paulinus, and between them they set about converting the king. Edwin's mind was on his empire-building so he prevaricated for a long time, ...
The culture of early Anglo-Saxon England explored from an inter-disciplinary perspective.
Henrietta Leyser. Fig. 17: Sandbach Crosses, Sandbach Elmedscaetna Heath feld land PECSAETNA LINDES FARONA MYRCENES (Bilmiga) LANDES.
The Anglo-Saxons in England: During the Early Centuries After the Invasion