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The making of England : a new history of the Anglo-Saxon world
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ISBN: 9781784530051 1784530050 1786731541 1350988898 1786721546 1838604030 9781786721549 9781786731548 9781350988897 9781786731548 Year: 2019 Volume: 2 Publisher: London, England : [London, England] : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd., Bloomsbury Publishing,

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During the tenth century England began to emerge as a distinct country with an identity that was both part of yet separate from 'Christendom'. The reigns of Athelstan, Edgar and Ethelred witnessed the emergence of many key institutions: the formation of towns on modern street plans; an efficient administration; and a serviceable system of tax. Mark Atherton here shows how the stories, legends, biographies and chronicles of Anglo-Saxon England reflected both this exciting time of innovation as well as the myriad lives, loves and hates of the people who wrote them. He demonstrates, too, that this was a nation coming of age, ahead of its time in its use not of the Book-Latin used elsewhere in Europe, but of a narrative Old English prose devised for law and practical governance of the nation-state, for prayer and preaching, and above all for exploring a rich and daring new literature. This prose was unique, but until now it has been neglected for the poetry. Bringing a volatile age to vivid and muscular life, Atherton argues that it was the vernacular of Alfred the Great, as much as Viking war, that truly forged the nation.


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A short history of the Anglo-Saxons
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ISBN: 1350985147 1350135747 1786721406 9781350135741 9781780765990 1780765991 Year: 2019 Publisher: London, England : London : I.B. Tauris and Company, Limited, Bloomsbury Publishing,

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''Here lies our leader all cut down, the valiant man in the dust.' The elegiac words of the Battle of Maldon, an epic poem written to celebrate the bravery of an English army defeated by Viking raiders in 991, emerge from a diverse literature - including Beowulf and Bede's Ecclesiastical History - produced by the people known as the Anglo-Saxons: Germanic tribes who migrated to Britain from Lower Saxony and Denmark in the early fifth century CE. The era once known as the 'Dark Ages' was marked by stunning cultural advances, and Henrietta Leyser here offers a fresh analysis of exciting recent discoveries made in the archaeology and art of the Anglo-Saxon world. Arguing that the desperate struggle (led by Alfred the Great) against the Vikings helped define a distinctively English sensibility, the author explores relations with the indigenous British, the Anglo-Saxon conversion to Christianity, the ascendancy of Mercia and the rise of Wessex. This vivid history evokes both the emergent kingdoms of Alfred and Offa and the golden treasures of Sutton Hoo. It will appeal to students of early medieval history and to all those who wish to understand how England was born"-- Publisher description.

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Anglo-Saxons --- British & Irish history --- History. --- Great Britain --- History --- Saxons --- Anglosaxons --- Història --- Gran Bretanya --- Raça anglosaxona --- Ciències socials --- Humanitats --- Ciències polítiques --- Conspiracions --- Cops d'Estat --- Cròniques --- Cronologia --- Demografia històrica --- Descobriments geogràfics --- Diplomàcia --- Escàndols --- Filosofia de la història --- Fonts històriques --- Història antiga --- Història constitucional --- Història contemporània --- Història de l'antropologia --- Història de l'art --- Història de l'urbanisme --- Història de la ciència --- Història de la civilització --- Història de la dona --- Història de la filosofia --- Història de la lingüística --- Història de la literatura --- Història de la psicologia --- Història de la tecnologia --- Història de la veterinària --- Història de les biblioteques --- Història del dret --- Història del llibre --- Història del transport --- Història eclesiàstica --- Història econòmica --- Història local --- Història medieval --- Història militar --- Història moderna --- Història pública --- Història social --- Història universal --- Historiografia --- Llocs històrics --- Migració de pobles --- Reis i sobirans --- Cinema històric --- Protohistòria --- Sociologia històrica --- Ciències auxiliars de la història --- Didàctica de la història --- Historiadores --- Historiadors --- Previsió --- Britain --- Britània (Província romana) --- Britannia --- Regne Unit --- Regne Unit de la Gran Bretanya i Irlanda del Nord --- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland --- Europa occidental --- Països de la Unió Europea --- Anglaterra --- Bermudes --- Escòcia --- Gal·les --- Gibraltar --- Illes Verges Britàniques --- Irlanda del Nord --- Man (Gran Bretanya : Illa) --- Malvines (Arxipèlag) --- Illes Britàniques

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