Britain in the first millennium / Edward James.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

James, Edward, 1947-

Series:

Britain and Europe

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain--History--To 1066.

Great Britain.

History.

Physical Description:

x, 310 pages : maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Arnold ; New York : Co-published in the United States of American by Oxford University Press, 2001.

Summary:

Ideal for undergraduates, this survey of medieval Britain is a coherent narrative of events between the two great invasions from continental Europe. It is unique both for its broad historical perspective and for its wide geographic coverage: it spans the "long" millennium from the first century BC through the Norman conquest and covers events across the whole of Britain, from Cornwall to the Shetlands. Edward James provides the European context for events in England while also examining the many ways Britain differed from the rest of Europe. Students of medieval Europe will find his book an invaluable synthesis.

Contents:

2 Rome and the Britons 17

3 Britain in the Roman world 39

4 Religion in Roman Britain 65

5 The migration period 86

6 The post-Roman kingdoms 116

7 The missionary Church 147

8 Eighth-century achievement 180

9 Viking attack and settlement 214

10 From Vikings to Danes and Normans 241.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [288]-298) and index.

ISBN:

0340586885

0340586877

OCLC:

43418321