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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815448203321

Autore

Sawyer P. H

Titolo

From Roman Britain to Norman England / / P.H. Sawyer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1998

ISBN

1-134-68246-8

1-134-68247-6

1-280-31890-2

0-203-45046-9

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (337 p.)

Disciplina

942.01

Soggetti

Archaeology, Medieval

Great Britain History Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066

Great Britain History Norman period, 1066-1154

England Civilization To 1066

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-311) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of figures; Note on references and chronology; Abbreviations; Preface; Preface to the second edition; I THE SEVENTH CENTURY AND BEFORE; 1 The sources for early English history; 2 Seventh-century Britain; 3 Britain and the Romans; 4 Britain after the Romans; 5 The conversion of the English; II THE MAKING OF ONE KINGDOM; 1 The Mercian hegemony; 2 The Vikings; 3 The West Saxon empire; III THE MAKING OF THE LANDSCAPE; IV LORDS, KINSMEN AND NEIGHBOURS; V KINGSHIP AND GOVERNMENT; VI TOWNS AND TRADE; 1 Towns in Domesday Book; 2 Origins

VII THE CHURCH AND SOCIETYVIII THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE NORMAN CONQUEST; POSTSCRIPT TO THE SECOND EDITION; Bibliographical note; Additional bibliographical note; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This revised edition of the classic text of the period provides both the student and the specialist with an informative account of post-Roman English society.After a general survey of the main developments from the fourth century to the eleventh, the book offers analysis of:* social organization* the changing character of kingship, of royal government



and the influence of the church* the history of settlement* the making of the landscape* the growth of towns and trade* the consequences of the Norman Conquest.The author also considers the various influences; Brit