From Roman Britain to Norman England

ISBN-13: 9780415178945 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 336 str.

P. H. Sawyer

Opis

This revised edition of the text provides both the student and the specialist with an informative account of post-Roman English society. After a general survey of the main developments from the 4th-century to the 11th, the book offers analysis of: social organization; the changing character of kingship, of royal government and the influence of the church; the history of settlement; the making of the landscape; the growth of towns and trade; and the consequences of the Norman Conquest. The author also considers the various influences; British, Frankish, Viking, and Christian, that helped shape English society and contributed to the making of a united kingdom.

Spis treści

I: The seventh century and before; 2: The making of one kingdom; III: The making of the landscape; IV: Lords, kinsmen and neighbours; V: Kingship and government; VI: Towns and trade; VII: The church and society; VIII: The consequences of the Norman Conquest; IX: Postscript to the second edition

O autorze

P.H. Sawyer