The end of Roman Britain and the Saxon invasions were part of the
most disruptive period in Britain’s history, ending centuries of
relative stability as a Roman province and beginning centuries of
invasion and destruction. It is a period which is also difficult to
understand, coming at the end of the Roman era and in the pre-dawn
of the Medieval. It is a Dark Age, both in terms of our apparent
lack of source material and in our understanding of events. As a
result, several legendary figures appear – it is the age of
Arthur, Merlin and others; figures steeped in mystery, mysticism
and magic, allowed to thrive in the paucity of the source material.
In this new analysis, Murray Dahm explores the military history of
the long end of Roman Britain, going back to the roots of the
province’s final rupture from Rome in the fifth century and the
subsequent invasions. Using a wide array of sources, the author
illuminates this dark world and examines what we know (or what we
think we know) of the Angle, Jute, Saxon and other invasions that
took advantage of Rome’s absence and which, in their own way,
shaped the Britain of today.
General
| Imprint: |
Amberley Publishing
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
March 2024 |
| Authors: |
Murray Dahm
|
| Dimensions: |
234 x 165mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
288 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-398-11827-0 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
1-398-11827-3 |
| Barcode: |
9781398118270 |
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