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Subtitled The archaeology of Middle Saxon Lincolnshire and Hampshire compared', this study assesses and compares the historical and archaeological record of these two counties from the conversion of England in c. 650 to Alfred's reign in 870. One of the author's principal aims is to quantify the involvement of the church in the Middle Saxon economy during this time of fundamental religious, political and social change by examining economic centres, industries and trade. This study makes use of a large collection of metal detector finds, largely neglected until now, which have enabled...

In the opening decades of the twentieth century, Germany was at the cutting edge of arts and humanities scholarship across Europe. However, when many of its key thinkers--leaders in their fields in classics, philosophy, archaeology, art history, and oriental studies--were forced to flee to England following the rise of the Nazi regime, Germany's loss became Oxford's gain.

From the mid-1930s onwards, Oxford could accurately be described as an "ark of knowledge" of western civilization: a place where ideas about art, culture, and history could be rescued, developed, and disseminated freely....