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03554aam a22003978i 4500 001 73238D8408BA11EDA6CAF5435DECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220721010039 008 210105t20212021enkabfj b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 1786330997 020 $a 9781786330994 035 $a (OCoLC)1242862134 040 $a UKMGB $b eng $e rda $c UKMGB $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d CDX $d NJR $d OCLCO $d NZAUC $d OCLCO $d SILO 043 $a e-uk-en $a e-uk-en 050 4 $a DA152 $b .M77 2021 082 04 $a 942.01 $2 23 100 1 $a Morris, Marc, $d 1973- $e author. 245 14 $a The Anglo-Saxons : $b a history of the beginnings of England / $c Marc Morris. 246 30 $a History of the beginnings of England 264 1 $a London : $b Hutchinson, $c 2021. 300 $a xvi, 508 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations (some color), genealogical tables, maps ; $c 25 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 457-482) and index. 505 0 $a Introduction -- The ruin of Britain : the fall of Rome and the coming of the Saxons -- War-wolves and ring-givers : the emergence of kings and kingdoms -- God's chosen instrument : St Wilfred and the establishment of Christianity -- An English empire? : King Offa and the domination of the south -- Storm from the north : the Viking assault on Britain and Francia -- Resurrection : Alfred the Great and the forging of Englishness -- Imperial overstretch? : King �thelstan and the conquest of the north -- One nation under God : St Dunstan and the pursuits of uniformity -- The ill-counseled king : �thelred the Unready and the fear of apocalypse -- Twilight : the rise of the House of Godwin -- Conclusion. 520 $a "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."--Publisher's description. 536 $a Purchased with grant funds from the State Library of Iowa and Institute of Museum and Library Services 610 $a ARPA Grant 651 0 $a Great Britain $x History $y Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066. 651 0 $a England $x Scottish influences. $x Scottish influences. 651 0 $a England $x Scandinavian influences. $x Scandinavian influences. 651 0 $a England $x Civilization $y To 1066 651 0 $a England $x Intellectual life $y To 1066 651 0 $a Great Britain $x Church history $y 449-1066. 941 $a 1 952 $l GAAX314 $d 20220721010157.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=73238D8408BA11EDA6CAF5435DECA4DB 994 $a Z0 $b HL6Initiate Another SILO Locator Search