The Anglo-Saxon Age: A Very Short Introduction

Author: Blair, John (Fellow and Prelector in Modern History, Fellow and Prelector in Modern History, The Que

England

Published on 10 August 2000 by OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Very Short Introductions' series.

Paperback | 112 pages, 10 black and white halftones
158 x 116 x 7 | 98g

First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, John Blair's Very Short Introduction to the Anglo-Saxon Age covers the emergence of the earliest English settlements to the Norman victory in 1066. This book is a brief introduction to the political, social, religious, and cultural history of Anglo-Saxon England.

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