A Brief History of the Anglo-Saxons: The Beginnings of the English Nation by Geoffrey HindleyRequirements: .M4A/.M4B reader, 355.9 MBOverview: Starting AD 400 (around the time of their invasion of England) and running through to the 1100s (the ‘Aftermath’), historian Geoffrey Hindley shows the Anglo-Saxons as formative in the history not only of England but also […]
A Short History of the Anglo-Saxons by Henrietta LeyserRequirements: .ePUB reader, 7 mbOverview: ‘Here lies our leader all cut down, the valiant man in the dust.’ The elegiac words of the Battle of Maldon, an epic poem written to celebrate the bravery of an English army defeated by Viking raiders in 991, emerge from a […]
Armies of Anglo-Saxon England 410–1066: History, Organization and Equipment Book by Gabriele EspositoRequirements: .ePUB reader, 31.9 MBOverview: In the early 5th century, Germanic Angles, Saxons and Jutes crossed the North Sea in increasing numbers and began settling among the ruins of the former Roman province of Britannia. This led to centuries of warfare as these […]
Essays in Anglo-Saxon History by James CampbellRequirements: .PDF reader, 16 MBOverview: James Campbell’s work on the Anglo-Saxons is recognised as being some of the most original of recent writing on the period; it is brought together in this collection, which is both an important contribution to Anglo-Saxon studies in itself and also a pointer to […]
All About History – Anglo-Saxons, 5th Edition 2023Requirements: .PDF reader, 207 MBOverview: When William the Conqueror won on the battlefield in 1066, he didn’t just usurp a country’s throne – he personally oversaw the end of a vibrant and lively era of British history. He stamped out every last trace of it that he could, […]