The English settlements / by J.N.L. Myres.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Myres, J. N. L. (John Nowell Linton)

Series:

Oxford history of England ; 1B.

Oxford history of England ; 1B

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain--History--Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066.

Great Britain.

History.

Physical Description:

xxviii, 248 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford [Oxfordshire] : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1986.

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.

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages [224]-236.

ISBN:

0198217196 :

OCLC:

12285356