The Anglo-Saxon Age: A Very Short Introduction

by John Blair

Overview

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 and it is the most comprehensive and authoritative short guide to the Anglo-Saxon age available.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780192854032
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	07/11/2002
Series:	Very Short Introductions , #18
Pages:	104
Sales rank:	681,563
Product dimensions:	7.22(w) x 4.40(h) x 0.26(d)

About the Author

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).

Table of Contents

Introduction1. The English settlements2. The seventh century3. Christianity and the monastic culture4. The Mercian supremacy5. The Viking invasions and the rise of the house of Wessex6. Æthelred and Cnut: the decline of the English monarchy7. The end of the Anglo-Saxon kingdomFurther readingChronologyIndex