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Author : Ian W. Walker
Publisher : Sutton Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Anglo-Saxons
ISBN : 0750921315
This pioneering book re-examines the events of the mid-eighth to the mid-tenth centuries to provide a completely fresh and more balanced account of the period.
Author : Michelle P. Brown,Carol A. Farr
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2005-03-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781441153531
The kingdom best remembered for Offa and his famous dyke was not only a dominant power on the island of Britain in the eighth century, but also a significant player in early medieval European politics and culture. Although the volume focuses on the eighth and ninth centuries when Mercian power was at its height, it also looks back to the origins of the kingdom and forward to the period of Viking settlement and West Saxon reconquest. With state-of-the-art contributions from experts in palaeography, art history, archaeology, numismatics and landscape - as well as from historians - this book establishes a new baseline for Mercian scholarship, by covering the rise and fall of the kingdom, its major institutions, relations with other political entities as well as its visual and material culture.
Author : Annie Whitehead
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2018-09-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781445676531
The extraordinary history of Mercia and its rulers from the seventh century to 1066. Once the supreme Anglo-Saxon kingdom, it was pivotal in the story of England.
Author : Tom Holland
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2016-06-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780241187821
The formation of England occurred against the odds: an island divided into rival kingdoms, under savage assault from Viking hordes. But, after King Alfred ensured the survival of Wessex and his son Edward expanded it, his grandson Athelstan inherited the rule of both Mercia and Wessex, conquered Northumbria and was hailed as Rex totius Britanniae: 'King of the whole of Britain'. Tom Holland recounts this extraordinary story with relish and drama, transporting us back to a time of omens, raven harbingers and blood-red battlefields. As well as giving form to the figure of Athelstan - devout, shrewd, all too aware of the precarious nature of his power, especially in the north - he introduces the great figures of the age, including Alfred and his daughter Aethelflaed, 'Lady of the Mercians', who brought Athelstan up at the Mercian court. Making sense of the family rivalries and fractious conflicts of the Anglo-Saxon rulers, Holland shows us how a royal dynasty rescued their kingdom from near-oblivion and fashioned a nation that endures to this day.
Author : Sarah Zaluckyj,Marge Feryok,John Zaluckyj
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Anglo-Saxons
ISBN : 1873827628
Author : Toby Purser
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 511 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2022-11-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781398105072
'The Making of England' seeks to challenge the established narrative of the inevitable rise of the unified Christian state. England was not exceptional in its governance, parliaments, religion or monarchy: it was a European state.
Author : Richard Huscroft
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2018-07-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780429893179
Making England, 796–1042 explores the creation and establishment of the kingdom of England and the significant changes that led to it becoming one of the most successful and sophisticated political structures in the western world by the middle of the eleventh century. At the end of the eighth century when King Offa of Mercia died, England was a long way from being a single kingdom ruled by a single king. This book examines how and why the kingdom of England formed in the way it did and charts the growth of royal power over the following two and a half centuries. Key political and military events are introduced alongside developments within government, the law, the church and wider social and economic changes to provide a detailed picture of England throughout this period. This is also set against a wider European context to demonstrate the influence of external forces on England’s development. With a focus on England’s rulers and elites, Making England, 796–1042 uncovers the type of kingdom England was and analyses its strengths and weaknesses as well as the emerging concept of a specifically English nation. Arranged both chronologically and thematically, and containing a selection of maps and genealogies, it is the ideal introducion to this subject for students of medieval history and of medieval England in particular.
Author : Rebecca Hardie
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2023-11-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781501512254
Æthelflæd (c. 870–918), political leader, military strategist, and administrator of law, is one of the most important ruling women in English history. Despite her multifaceted roles and family legacy, however, her reign and relationship with other women in tenth-century England have never been the subject of a book-length study. This interdisciplinary collection of essays redresses a notable hiatus in scholarship of early medieval England. Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians, and Women in Tenth-Century England argues for a reassessment of women’s political, military, literary, and domestic agency. It invites deeper reflection on the female kinships, networks, and communities that give meaning to Æthelflæd’s life, and through this shows how medieval history can invite new engagements with the past.
Author : Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:555001448
Author : Sarah Zaluckyj
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Mercia (Kingdom)
ISBN : 1906663548
Author : Paul Hill
Publisher : Pen and Sword Military
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2022-10-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781399010627
In this the second part of his four-volume military and political history of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom, Paul Hill follows the careers of Æthelflæd, Alfred the Great’s eldest daughter, and Edward the Elder, Alfred’s eldest son, as they campaigned to expand their rule after Alfred’s death. They faced, as Alfred had done, the full force of Danish hostility during the early years of the tenth century, a period of unrelenting turbulence and open warfare. But through their military strength, in particular their strategy of fortress building, they retained their hold on the kingdom and conquered lands which had been under Danish lords for generations. Æthelflæd’s forces captured Derby and Leicester by both force and diplomacy. Edward’s power was always immense. How each of them used forts (burhs) to hold territory, is explored. Fortifications across central England became key. These included Bridgnorth, Tamworth, Stafford, Warwick, Chirbury and Runcorn (Æthelflæd) and also Hertford, Witham, Buckingham, Bedford and Maldon (Edward), to name a few. Paul Hill’s absorbing narrative incorporates the latest theories and evidence for the military organization and capabilities of the Anglo-Saxons and their Danish adversaries. His book gives the reader a detailed and dramatic insight into a very sophisticated Anglo-Saxon kingdom.
Author : Chris Peers
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781781599921
In England in the eighth century, in the midst of the so-called Dark Ages, Offa ruled Mercia, one of the strongest Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. For over 30 years he was the dominant warlord in the territory south of the Humber and the driving force behind the expansion of Mercias power. During that turbulent period he commanded Mercian armies in their struggle against the neighboring kingdoms of Northumbria and Wessex and against the Welsh tribes. Yet the true story of Offas long reign and of the rise and fall of Mercia are little known although this is one of the most intriguing episodes in this little-recorded phase of Englands past. It is Chris Peerss task in this new study to uncover the facts about Offa and the other Mercian kings and to set them in the context of English history before the coming of the Danes.
Author : Janina Ramirez
Publisher : Random House
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2022-07-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780753558270
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Revelatory' GUARDIAN 'A firecracker somehow captured between two covers' LUCY WORSLEY An instant bestseller and one of the most celebrated history books of the year, Femina reveals the power and influence of medieval women who have been written out of our history. From royalty and religion to fame and fury, see the medieval world - and the women erased from it - with fresh eyes. 'Absolutely brilliant and highly recommended' CAITLIN MORAN 'Femina is a ground-breaking history of the Middle Ages' SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE
Author : Tom Holland
Publisher : Penguin Monarchs
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 0241187818
The formation of England happened against the oddsthe division of the country into rival kingdoms, the assaults of the Vikings, the precarious position of the island on the edge of the known world. But King Alfred ensured the survival of Wessex, his son Edward expanded it, and his grandson Athelstan finally united Mercia and Wessex, conquered Northumbria and became Rex totius Britanniae. Tom Holland recounts this extraordinarily exciting story with relish and drama. We meet the great figures of the age, including Alfred and his daughter Aethelflaed, 'Lady of the Mercians', who brought Athelstan up at the Mercian court. At the end of the book we understand the often confusing history of the Anglo-Saxon kings better than ever before. -- Amazon.com
Author : Kenneth John Panton
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 705 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : History
ISBN : 9781538175774
Historical Dictionary of the British Monarchy, Second Edition contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has more than 800 cross-referenced entries that cover significant events, places, institutions, and other aspects of British culture, economics, politics, and society.