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A Short History of the Anglo-Saxons (Hardcover)
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A Short History of the Anglo-Saxons (Hardcover)
Series: Short Histories
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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.
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