The English settlements
by Myres, J. N. L., (John Nowell Linton)
Here, Myres looks anew at the dark centuries of English history between the collapse of Roman rule in the early fifth century and the emergence of Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in the seventh--the subject of the now-classic Roman Britain and the English Settlements by Collingwood and Myres--and reconsiders the period in light of abundant recent research in the field. New linguistic findings have led to a significant shift in emphasis, which is now reflected in this last volume of the Oxford History of E…
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- Full title :The English settlements / by J.N.L. Myres.
Summary
Here, Myres looks anew at the dark centuries of English history between the collapse of Roman rule in the early fifth century and the emergence of Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in the seventh--the subject of the now-classic Roman Britain and the English Settlements by Collingwood and Myres--and reconsiders the period in light of abundant recent research in the field. New linguistic findings have led to a significant shift in emphasis, which is now reflected in this last volume of the Oxford History of England. The author illuminates some of the little-understood factors that link Roman Britain with Anglo-Saxon England, and suggests certain political and social continuities that help to clarify this complex and traumatic historical era.
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- Publication Date:1986.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Clarendon Press, Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication:Oxford [Oxfordshire]
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:1986.
The Physical Object
- Description:xxviii, 248 pages : : illustrations, maps ; : 22 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0198217196, 9780198217190
- oclc:ocm12285356
- LC Classification:DA152
- Dewey Decimal:942.01
Table of Contents
The nature of the evidence: the literary sources -- The nature of the evidence: archaeology and place-names -- The continental background -- The Romano-British background and the Saxon shore -- Saxons, Angles, and Jutes on the Saxon shore -- The formation of Wessex -- The Humbrenses and the north -- Change and decay.
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