Wessex to 1000 Ad

ISBN-13: 9780582492806 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 406 str.

Barry Cunliffe

Opis

Covers the prehistory and early history of the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Wiltshire, Hampshire, Berkshire and Avon.

Spis treści

List of plates.  List of figures.  General preface.  A Regional History of England Series.  Acknowledgements.  Introduction.  1. The formation of the landscape and the early hunter-gatherers.  2. The inception of food-producing economies: 4500 - 3000 BC.  3. The rise of the individual: 3000-1500 BC.  4. Across the threshold:1500-600 BC
5. Tribal society: 600-100 BC.  6. The coming of Rome: 100 BC - AD 80.  7. The Roman Interlude: AD 80 - 350
8. Return to Tribalism: AD 350 - 685.  9. The Ascendancy of Wessex: 685 -1000.  Appendix: Radiocarbon dates
Abbreviations.  Bibliography.  Index.

O autorze

Barry Cunliffe