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Reassessing Anglo-Saxon England

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ISBN-10: 0719050537

ISBN-13: 9780719050534

Edition: 1997

Authors: Eric John

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Brilliantly and entertainingly written, this new and original analysis is the fruit of 30 years of scholarship and therefore has something of the nature of a testament. Mr. John uses anthropological insight to understand the Anglo-Saxon nature.
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Book details

List price: $33.00
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Publication date: 2/15/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.25" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Preface
Introduction
The beginnings of English society
Anglo-Saxon pagans, saints and sinners
Thought and action under the Mercian hegemony
English politics in the ninth century: problems, solutions and more problems
The West Saxon conquest of England
Holiness and hubris
The restoration of learning
The ruin of the house of Cerdic
The northern empire
The avoidance of chaos
Gotterdammerung
Index