The British heroic age : a history, 367-664 / / Flint F. Johnson
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| Autore: |
Johnson Flint
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| Titolo: |
The British heroic age : a history, 367-664 / / Flint F. Johnson
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| Pubblicazione: | Jefferson, North Carolina : , : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, , 2017 |
| ©2017 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (283 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 942.01 |
| Soggetto geografico: | Great Britain History Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066 |
| Great Britain History To 1066 | |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Part I. Interpretations and sources -- A political history -- The evidence: Roman sources -- The evidence: native sources -- The evidence: the northern memorandum and the Kentish source -- Part II. Britannia -- Roman society -- Britain: 367-410 -- Picts, Irish, and the Germanic raiders -- Part III. 410 through the early sixth century -- The Romano-Britons -- The Germanic Foederati in the fifth century -- The Irish in the fifth century -- The Picts -- The rise of British kingships -- Heroic age politico-economic dynamics -- The early kings -- The Germanic-controlled territories -- Part IV. Sixth century Celtic kingships -- Growing pains of British kingship -- The new economic system -- Arthur -- 530-600: an expanding view -- Rhun son of Maelgwn -- Battle of Arfdery -- Urien's alliance and Y Gododdin -- Gwrtheyrn -- 530-580: the setting for the rise of Germanic kingships -- 550-575: Columban Dal Riata -- The decline of the British kingdoms -- Part V. Rise of the Germanic kingships: late sixth century to 664 -- Germanic kingship -- The Southumbrian theater -- The Northumbrian theater -- Between the Thames and the Humber -- An interwoven history: 600-664 -- Part VI. Religion in post Roman Britain -- The age of saints -- Religion as a political tool -- Native religions -- The Dark Ages. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | "Drawing on historical documents, legends, archeology and literature, this history describes the disintegration of Roman Britain that reached a climax in the decades after the Britons overthrew Constantine's government and were refused Roman rule. This study synthesizes advances in post-Roman studies since Leslie Alcock's 1971 classic Arthur's Britain"-- |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The British heroic age |
| ISBN: | 1-4766-2611-1 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910160331703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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