(Download PDF/Epub) The Anglo-Saxons: A History of the Beginnings of England - Marc Morris
The Anglo-Saxons: A History of the Beginnings of England
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
Product details: The Anglo-Saxons: A History of the Beginnings of England
Author : Marc Morris
Pages : 464 pages
Publisher : Hutchinson
Language : eng
ISBN-10 : 1786330997
ISBN-13 : 9781786330994
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