LEADER 03068nam 22006973u 450 001 9910815648203321 005 20230617032527.0 010 $a1-283-20635-8 010 $a9786613206350 010 $a1-4411-5353-5 035 $a(CKB)2670000000106347 035 $a(EBL)742353 035 $a(OCoLC)745866009 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000524151 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12149159 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000524151 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10546164 035 $a(PQKB)11530585 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC742353 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000106347 100 $a20130418d2005|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMercia $eAn Anglo-Saxon Kingdom in Europe 210 $aLondon $cContinuum International Publishing$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (401 p.) 225 1 $aContinuum Collection 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8264-7765-8 327 $aContents; Illustrations; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction: Mercia, a Culture in Context; Part I: The Mercian Polity: Church and State; Part II: Parallel Cultures; Part III: The Material Culture of Mercia; Part IV: The Visual Culture of Mercia; Part V: Mercia in Retreat; Bibliography; General Index; Index of Manuscripts Cited 330 $aThe kingdom best remembered for Offa and his famous dyke was not only a dominant power on the island of Britain in the eighth century, but also a significant player in early medieval European politics and culture. Although the volume focuses on the eighth and ninth centuries when Mercian power was at its height, it also looks back to the origins of the kingdom and forward to the period of Viking settlement and West Saxon reconquest. With state-of-the-art contributions from experts in palaeography, art history, archaeology, numismatics and landscape - as well as from historians - this book esta 410 0$aContinuum Collection 606 $aAnglo-Saxons -- Mercia (Kingdom) 606 $aEngland -- Civilization -- To 1066 606 $aGreat Britain -- History -- Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066 606 $aMercia (Kingdom) 606 $aAnglo-Saxons$zMercia (Kingdom) 606 $aRegions & Countries - Europe$2HILCC 606 $aHistory & Archaeology$2HILCC 606 $aGreat Britain$2HILCC 615 4$aAnglo-Saxons -- Mercia (Kingdom). 615 4$aEngland -- Civilization -- To 1066. 615 4$aGreat Britain -- History -- Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066. 615 4$aMercia (Kingdom). 615 0$aAnglo-Saxons 615 7$aRegions & Countries - Europe 615 7$aHistory & Archaeology 615 7$aGreat Britain 676 $a942.01 700 $aBrown$b Michelle$g(Michelle P.)$0157405 701 $aFarr$b Carol A.$f1949-$01723574 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910815648203321 996 $aMercia$94124955 997 $aUNINA