Britannia: The Failed State - Tribal Conflict and the End of Roman Britain (Paperback)

Attempts to understand how Roman Britain ends and Anglo-Saxon England begins have been undermined by the division of studies into pre-Roman, Roman and early medieval periods. This groundbreaking new study traces the history of British tribes and British tribal rivalries from the pre-Roman period, through the Roman period and into the post-Roman period. It shows how tribal conflict was central to the arrival of Roman power in Britain and how tribal identities persisted through the Roman period and were a factor in three great convulsions that struck Britain during the Roman centuries. It explores how tribal conflicts may have played a major role in the end of Roman Britain, creating a 'failed state' scenario akin in some ways to those seen recently in Bosnia and Iraq, and brought about the arrival of the Anglo-Saxons. Finally, it considers how British tribal territories and British tribal conflicts can be understood as the direct predecessors of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms and Anglo-Saxon conflicts that form the basis of early English History.

General

Imprint:	The History Press Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 2008
First published:	April 2008
Authors:	Stuart Laycock
Dimensions:	248 x 172 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-0-7524-4614-1
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE Promotions
LSN:	0-7524-4614-2
Barcode:	9780752446141

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