The Anglo-Saxons - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Anglo-Saxons write by Marc Morris. This book was released on 2021-05-25. The Anglo-Saxons available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A sweeping and original history of the Anglo-Saxons by national bestselling author Marc Morris. Sixteen hundred years ago Britain left the Roman Empire and swiftly fell into ruin. Grand cities and luxurious villas were deserted and left to crumble, and civil society collapsed into chaos. Into this violent and unstable world came foreign invaders from across the sea, and established themselves as its new masters. The Anglo-Saxons traces the turbulent history of these people across the next six centuries. It explains how their earliest rulers fought relentlessly against each other for glory and supremacy, and then were almost destroyed by the onslaught of the vikings. It explores how they abandoned their old gods for Christianity, established hundreds of churches and created dazzlingly intricate works of art. It charts the revival of towns and trade, and the origins of a familiar landscape of shires, boroughs and bishoprics. It is a tale of famous figures like King Offa, Alfred the Great and Edward the Confessor, but also features a host of lesser known characters - ambitious queens, revolutionary saints, intolerant monks and grasping nobles. Through their remarkable careers we see how a new society, a new culture and a single unified nation came into being. Drawing on a vast range of original evidence - chronicles, letters, archaeology and artefacts - renowned historian Marc Morris illuminates a period of history that is only dimly understood, separates the truth from the legend, and tells the extraordinary story of how the foundations of England were laid.
The Anglo-Saxon World
The Anglo-Saxon World - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Anglo-Saxon World write by Nicholas J. Higham. This book was released on 2013-06-25. The Anglo-Saxon World available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Presents the Anglo-Saxon period of English history from the fifth century up to the late eleventh century, covering such events as the spread of Christianity, the invasions of the Vikings, the composition of Beowulf, and the Battle of Hastings.
A Brief History of the Anglo-Saxons
A Brief History of the Anglo-Saxons - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Brief History of the Anglo-Saxons write by Geoffrey Hindley. This book was released on 2013-02-07. A Brief History of the Anglo-Saxons available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Starting AD 400 (around the time of their invasion of England) and running through to the 1100s (the 'Aftermath'), historian Geoffrey Hindley shows the Anglo-Saxons as formative in the history not only of England but also of Europe. The society inspired by the warrior world of the Old English poem Beowulf saw England become the world's first nation state and Europe's first country to conduct affairs in its own language, and Bede and Boniface of Wessex establish the dating convention we still use today. Including all the latest research, this is a fascinating assessment of a vital historical period.
The Anglo-Saxons at War, 800–1066
The Anglo-Saxons at War, 800–1066 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Anglo-Saxons at War, 800–1066 write by Paul Hill. This book was released on 2012-07-19. The Anglo-Saxons at War, 800–1066 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The historian and archeologist presents a vivid and comprehensive account of warfare in early Medieval England. In this compelling new study, Paull Hill reveals what documentary records and the growing body of archaeological evidence can tell us about war and combat in the age of the great Anglo-Saxon kings. The violent centuries before the Norman Conquest come to life in this detailed account of how and why the Anglo-Saxons fought, how their warriors were armed and trained, how their armies were organized, and much more. The role of combat in Anglo-Saxon society is explored, from the parts played by the king and the noblemen to the means by which the men of the fyrd were summoned to fight in times of danger. Land and naval warfare are both explored in depth. Hill also covers the politics and diplomacy of warfare, the conduct of negotiations, the taking of hostages, the use of treachery, and the controversial subject of the use of cavalry. The weapons and armor of the Anglo-Saxons are described, including the spears, scramsaxes, axes, bows, swords, helmets, shields and mail that were employed in the close-quarter fighting of the day. Drawing on this wealth of information, Hill presents a vivid recreation of the actual experience of fighting in the campaigns against the Danes; the battles of Ashdown, Maldon and Stamford Bridge; and the sieges at Reading and Rochester.
The Black Anglo-Saxons
The Black Anglo-Saxons - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Black Anglo-Saxons write by Nathan Hare. This book was released on 1991. The Black Anglo-Saxons available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A penetrating exposition of the Black middle class individuals who do not accept their role and responsibilties as advocates for all African Americans.
