Britain after Rome : the fall and rise, 400-1070 / Robin Fleming.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fleming, Robin.

Series:

Penguin history of Britain ; 2.

Penguin history of Britain ; 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Great Britain.

History.

Physical Description:

xxii, 457 pages : maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York, NY. : Allen Lane, 2010.

Contents:

The rise and fall of late antique Britain : the second to early fifth century

Life among the ruins : the fifth and early sixth centuries

Making peoples, making class : the late fifth and sixth centuries

Elites, kingdoms and a brand-new past : the later sixth and seventh centuries

Belief and ritual : the fourth to seventh century

Missionaries and converts : the later sixth to early eighth century

The rebirth of trading communities : the seventh to mid-ninth century

Norse and natives : the late eighth to late ninth century

New towns : the ninth to eleventh century

Kings and surpluses : the ninth to eleventh century

Selling surplus and buying status: the tenth and eleventh centuries

Clerics, monks and the laity : the ninth, tenth and eleventh centuries

Living and dying in early Medieval Britain : the fifth to eleventh century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-429) and index.

ISBN:

9780713990645

0713990643

OCLC:

620321073