Wessex in the Early Middle Ages by Barbara Yorke (Studies in the Early History of Britain)
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Overview: The main focus of this volume is on the six historic shires of Devon, Somerset, Dorset, Wiltshire, Berkshire and Hampshire (including the Isle of Wight) during the period 400 to 1066. A poll of Anglo-Saxonists would probably reach some consensus that this area could be designated as ‘Wessex’, in the context of the early Middle Ages, and that it was the heartland of the West Saxon kingdom. However, although all of the region was dominated at some point before 900 by West Saxon kings, control of certain areas was intermittent and the whole of the six shires did not come securely into the hands of the West Saxon royal house until the ninth century, by which time they also controlled other areas of southern England. Some of the key sources covering the early history of Wessex, such as the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, were produced in the ninth century and can give an impression that West Saxon dominance of the region was more straightforward and inevitable from an early date than was in fact the case. The six shires of Wessex were neither a natural region in terms of their physical geography nor one which was suggested by earlier political and administrative divisions.
Genre: Non-Fiction > History
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