The History Of The Anglo Saxons

Author : Marc Morris
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2021-05-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781643135359

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The Anglo-Saxons by Marc Morris Pdf

A sweeping and original history of the Anglo-Saxons by national bestselling author Marc Morris. Sixteen hundred years ago Britain left the Roman Empire and swiftly fell into ruin. Grand cities and luxurious villas were deserted and left to crumble, and civil society collapsed into chaos. Into this violent and unstable world came foreign invaders from across the sea, and established themselves as its new masters. The Anglo-Saxons traces the turbulent history of these people across the next six centuries. It explains how their earliest rulers fought relentlessly against each other for glory and supremacy, and then were almost destroyed by the onslaught of the vikings. It explores how they abandoned their old gods for Christianity, established hundreds of churches and created dazzlingly intricate works of art. It charts the revival of towns and trade, and the origins of a familiar landscape of shires, boroughs and bishoprics. It is a tale of famous figures like King Offa, Alfred the Great and Edward the Confessor, but also features a host of lesser known characters - ambitious queens, revolutionary saints, intolerant monks and grasping nobles. Through their remarkable careers we see how a new society, a new culture and a single unified nation came into being. Drawing on a vast range of original evidence - chronicles, letters, archaeology and artefacts - renowned historian Marc Morris illuminates a period of history that is only dimly understood, separates the truth from the legend, and tells the extraordinary story of how the foundations of England were laid.

Author : Geoffrey Hindley
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2013-02-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472107596

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A Brief History of the Anglo-Saxons by Geoffrey Hindley Pdf

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 not only of England but also of Europe. The society inspired by the warrior world of the Old English poem Beowulf saw England become the world's first nation state and Europe's first country to conduct affairs in its own language, and Bede and Boniface of Wessex establish the dating convention we still use today. Including all the latest research, this is a fascinating assessment of a vital historical period.

Author : Jean Manco
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2022-11-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780500777992

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The Origins of the Anglo-Saxons by Jean Manco Pdf

Who are the English? Their language and culture have had an impact on the modern world out of all proportion to the size of their homeland. But what do we really understand about their ancestry? Traditionally they have been seen as the descendants of those Germanic peoples who poured into Britain after the Roman legions departed, today known as the Anglo-Saxons. Alternative interpretations have questioned this picture, or suggested complications. At last, the astonishing progress made in extracting and analysing ancient DNA means that theories can be tested empirically, shedding new light on the movement and migrations of peoples in the past. Skillfully and accessibly blending together results from this cutting-edge DNA technology with new research from archaeology and linguistics, Jean Manco reveals a long and adventurous journey before a word of English was spoken. Going beyond a narrow focus on the Anglo-Saxon period, she probes into the deep origins of the Germani and their kin, and extends the story to the language of Shakespeare, taken to the first British colony in America. The result is an exciting new history of the English people, and a ground-breaking analysis of their development.

Author : Sharon Turner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 610 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1852
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:600080695

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The history of the Anglo-Saxons by Sharon Turner Pdf

Author : Turner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 634 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1823
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UBBE:UBBE-00172257

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The History of the Anglo-Saxons by Turner Pdf

Author : Marc Morris
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2015-10-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781605988863

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King John by Marc Morris Pdf

King John is one of those historical characters who needs little in the way of introduction. If readers are not already familiar with him as the tyrant whose misgovernment gave rise to Magna Carta, we remember him as the villain in the stories of Robin Hood. Formidable and cunning, but also cruel, lecherous, treacherous and untrusting. Twelve years into his reign, John was regarded as a powerful king within the British Isles. But despite this immense early success, when he finally crosses to France to recover his lost empire, he meets with disaster. John returns home penniless to face a tide of criticism about his unjust rule. The result is Magna Carta – a ground-breaking document in posterity, but a worthless piece of parchment in 1215, since John had no intention of honoring it. Like all great tragedies, the world can only be put to rights by the tyrant’s death. John finally obliges at Newark Castle in October 1216, dying of dysentery as a great gale howls up the valley of the Trent.

Author : Rev. James Ingram
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2024-05-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781773562001

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The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle by Rev. James Ingram Pdf

Author : Giles Morgan
Publisher : Oldcastle Books Ltd
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2019-01-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9780857301673

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A Pocket Essential Short History of the Anglo-Saxons by Giles Morgan Pdf

From popular fiction such as The Hobbit and Game of Thrones to the universality of the English language, the continuing influence of the Anglo-Saxons can be found throughout the world. But who were the Anglo-Saxons and where did they come from? A Short History of the Anglo-Saxons traces the fascinating history of this era and its people, from the early migration of European tribal groups such as the Angles, Saxons and Jutes who mainly travelled to Britain after the end of Roman rule in 410, to the dramatic end of the Anglo-Saxon period following the victory of William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. This short history explores the kingdoms of Wessex and Mercia, Afred the Great's defence of his realm from the Vikings and the final Norman Conquest. Also included are the compelling discoveries of Anglo-Saxon relics in modern times and many other gems. A Short History of the Anglo-Saxons provides an indispensable introduction to everything you need to know about the Anglo-Saxon period.

Author : Martin Wall
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2015-09-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781445647739

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The Anglo-Saxon Age by Martin Wall Pdf

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Author : Sharon Turner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 636 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1841
Category : Anglo-Saxons
ISBN : YALE:39002006711528

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The History of the Anglo-Saxons from the Earliest Period to the Norman Conquest by Sharon Turner Pdf

Author : David A.E. Pelteret
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2021-10-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781000525915

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Anglo-Saxon History by David A.E. Pelteret Pdf

First published in 2000, Basic Readings in Anglo-Saxon England (BRASE) is a series of volumes that collect classic, exemplary, or ground-breaking essays in the fields of Anglo-Saxon studies generally written in the 1960s or later, or commissioned by a volume editor to fulfill the purpose of the given volume. This, the sixth volume in the series, is the first devoted to history and the first edited by a scholar outside the field of literary study. David Pelteret has collected fifteen previously published essays: the first nine of his essays present a conspectus of Anglo-Saxon history; the other seven are spread among seven "Special Approaches": Anthropology, Archaeology, Art History, Economic and Comparative History, Geography and Geology, Place-Names, and Topography and Archaeology.

Author : Nicholas J. Higham,M. J. Ryan
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 495 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300125344

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The Anglo-Saxon World by Nicholas J. Higham,M. J. Ryan Pdf

Presents the Anglo-Saxon period of English history from the fifth century up to the late eleventh century, covering such events as the spread of Christianity, the invasions of the Vikings, the composition of Beowulf, and the Battle of Hastings.

Author : Sharon Turner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1840
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB10282114

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The History of the Anglo-Saxons by Sharon Turner Pdf

Author : Sir Francis Palgrave
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1839
Category : Constitutional history
ISBN : BDM:13020100016825

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History of the Anglo-Saxons by Sir Francis Palgrave Pdf

Author : Saint Bede (the Venerable)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 534 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1870
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0018933226

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Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation. A new translation by ... L. Gidley by Saint Bede (the Venerable) Pdf