
The Anglo-Saxon Age
A Very Short Introduction
John Blair(Author)
Oxford University Press
Published on 10. August 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
112 pages
978-0-19-285403-2 (ISBN)
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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Illustrations
10 black and white halftones
Dimensions
Height: 179 mm
Width: 114 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight
103 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-285403-2 (9780192854032)
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John Blair
Anglo-Saxon Age: A Very Short Introduction
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Person
John Blair is Fellow and Prelector in Modern History, The Queen's College, Oxford. His publications include Early Medieval Surrey (1991), Anglo-Saxon Oxfordshire (1994), Ministers and Parish Churches (1988), English Medieval Industries (1991), The Cloister and the World (1996), and The Church in Anglo-Saxon Society (forthcoming).
Author
Fellow and Prelector in Modern HistoryFellow and Prelector in Modern History, The Queen's College, Oxford
Content
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. Aethelred and Cnut: the decline of the English monarchy ; 7. The end of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom ; Further reading ; Chronology ; Index