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02718aam a2200337Mi 4500 001 CA3D67A2C93011E88539171297128E48 003 SILO 005 20181006010511 008 170802s2017 nyu b 000 0 eng d 020 $a 1510719857 020 $a 9781510719859 035 $a (OCoLC)1000088222 040 $a MDB $b eng $e rda $c MDB $d OCLCO $d FM0 $d OJ4 $d GZD $d UIB $d SILO 043 $a e-uk--- 050 14 $a DA152 $b .W44 2017 082 04 $a 941.01 $2 23 100 1 $a West, Ed, $d 1978- $e author. 245 10 $a Saxons vs. Vikings : $b Alfred the Great and England in the Dark Ages / $c Ed West. 246 3 $a Saxons versus Vikings 246 3 $a Alfred the Great and England in the Dark Ages 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Skyhorse Publishing, $c [2017] 300 $a ix, 130 pages ; $c 22 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-130). 505 0 $a Rome answers the prayers of the Britons. No, says Rome. -- The tattooed people -- Angles, Saxons, and Jutes -- The heroic and utterly ghastly world of Beowulf -- Offa's Dyke -- What the vikings did for us -- Wessex: the last kingdom -- the life of Alfred -- The first king of England -- Alfred's legacy. 520 $a "A witty and concise look at the beginnings of English history, when the nation consolidated after clashes between the Saxons and invading Vikings. In 871, three of England's four kingdoms were overrun by Vikings, the ruthless, all-conquering Scandinavian raiders who terrorized early medieval Europe. With the Norsemen murdering one king with arrows and torturing another to death by ripping out his lungs, the prospects that faced the kingdom of Wessex were bleak. Worse still, the Saxons were now led by a young man barely out of his teens who was more interested in God than fighting. Yet within a decade Alfred--the only English king known as the Great--had driven the Vikings out of half of England, and his children and grandchildren would unite the country a few years later. This period, popular with fans of television shows such as Vikings and The Last Kingdom, saw the creation of England as a nation-state, with Alfred laying down the first national law code, establishing an education system and building cities. Saxons vs. Vikings also covers the period before Alfred, including ancient Britain, the Roman occupation, and the Dark Ages, explaining important historical episodes such as Boudicca, King Arthur, and Beowulf."--Publisher. 600 00 $a Alfred, $c King of England, $d 849-899. 651 0 $a Great Britain $x History $y Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066. 941 $a 1 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006111102.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=CA3D67A2C93011E88539171297128E48 994 $a C0 $b UIBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search