Collection of source material and crucial interpretations, offering
a comprehensive guide to Anglo-Saxon warfare. Selected by Choice
for the 2011 list of Outstanding Academic Titles. The warfare of
the late Anglo-Saxon period had momentous consequences for the
development of the English state following Alfred the Great's
reign. This book provides a comprehensive guide, with extracts in
translation from the principal sources for our knowledge,
accompanied by the most important interpretations by scholars
through the ages, and new introductions by thepresent author. It
looks at every aspect of the topic, from land and sea forces to
logistics and campaigning, from fortifications and the battlefield
to the final peacemaking. In so doing, it highlights the
significance of warfareand its organisation for the late
Anglo-Saxon state, and the multitude of ways in which it was
recorded and remembered. Dr Ryan Lavelle is Senior Lecturer in
Medieval History at the University of Winchester.
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