This 1913 book was considered ground-breaking on first publication.
While there are few documentary sources for Anglo-Saxon history,
Major uses his intimate knowledge of the geography of the West
County to re-interpret the surviving records. By examining physical
and archaeological evidence, he sheds new light on the foundation
and development of the kingdom of Wessex. He also uses modern
boundaries, place names and local traditions, previously overlooked
by scholars, to understand how Wessex history was shaped. He shows
how the kingdom was first established, and its boundaries extended
through warfare with its neighbours, between the late fifth to
eighth centuries. Thereafter, famously led by Alfred the Great,
Wessex fought and survived Viking invasions; but eventually fell to
the Normans in 1066. Although much new archaeological evidence has
been uncovered since the book was written, it continues to
demonstrate the significance of landscape and folklore study to
history.
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