An Introduction to Anglo-Saxon England - Brossura

Blair, Peter Hunter

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0521292190 ISBN 13: 9780521292191

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 1977

Riassunto

This is a lucid, authoritative and well-balanced account of Anglo-Saxon history. Peter Hunter Blair's book has achieved classic status, and is published now with a new, up-to-date bibliography prepared by Simon Keynes. Between the end of the Roman occupation and the coming of the Normans, England was settled by Germanic races; the kingdom as a political unit was created, heathenism yielded to a vigorous Christian Church, superb works of art were made, and the English language - spoken and written - took its form. These origins of the English heritage are Hunter Blair's subject. The first two chapters survey Anglo-Saxon England: its wars, its invaders, its peoples and its kings. The remaining chapters deal with specific aspects of its culture: its Church, government, economy and literary achievement. Throughout the author uses illustrations and a wide range of sources - documents, archaeological evidence and place names - to illuminate the period as a whole.

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Contenuti:

List of illustrations; Note on the re-issue of the second edition; Preface to the second edition; Preface to the first edition; 1. The foundations of England; 2. Britain and the Vikings; 3. The Church; 4. Government; 5. Economy; 6. Letters; Select bibliography; Index.

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Book by Blair Peter Hunter

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1977
• ISBN 10: 0521292190
• ISBN 13: 9780521292191
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 398