The Anglo-Saxon world /
By: Higham, N. J [author.].
Contributor(s): Ryan, Martin J [author.].
Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2013Description: xv, 477 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.Content type: text | text | still image | cartographic image Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9780300125344; 9780300125344:; 0300125348; 9780300216134; 0300216130.Subject(s): Anglo-Saxons | Great Britain -- History -- Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066 | England -- AntiquitiesDDC classification: 942.01 HIGItem type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Standard Loan | ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection | 942.01 HIG (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 0062476 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 444-458) and index.
Britain in and out of the Roman Empire -- The origins of England -- From tribal chieftains to Christian kings -- The Mercian supremacies -- The Anglo-Saxons and the Vikings, c. 825-900 -- Conquest, reform and the making of England -- The age of Æthelred -- The transformation of Anglo-Saxon England.
In this authoritative work, the authors re-examine Anglo-Saxon England in light of new research in disciplines as wide-ranging as historical genetics, paleobotany, archaeology, literary studies, art history, and numanistics. The result is a definitive introduction to the Anglo-Saxon world, enhanced with a rich array of photographs, maps, genealogies, and other illustrations.