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The Kings & Queens of Anglo-Saxon England

By Timothy Venning

Book information

Publisher
Amberley
Year
2009
ISBN
1445608979, 9781445608976, 9781445624594
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
841 kB (861569 bytes)
Pages
232\0
Topic
History
Time added
2022-05-15 21:53:09

Description

The Anglo-Saxon era is one of the most important in English history, covering the period from the end of Roman authority in the British Isles to the Norman Conquest of 1066 in which the very idea of England was born. In The Kings& Queens of Anglo-Saxon England, Venning examines the rulers of Anglo-Saxon England, beginning with the legendary leaders of the Anglo-Saxon invasion as Hengest and Horsa or Cerdic and Cynric and moving on through such figures as Aethelbert of Kent, the first king to be converted to Christianity and his daughter Aethelburh, whose marriage began the conversion of Northumbria, to Alfred of Wessex and his dynasty, the Viking invasions, and the last of the Anglo-Saxon kings, Harold Godwineson. About the Author Introduction: The Problem of the Sources 1 - Early Settlements to c. 560 2 - c. 550 to c. 620 3 - c. 620 to c. 655 4 - c. 655 to c. 690 5 - c. 690 to 756 6 - 756 to 796 7 - 796 to 860 8 - 860 to 899 9 - 899 to 959 10 - 959 to 1016 11 - 1016 to 1066 Notes List of Illustrations

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