Warrior : a life of war in Anglo-Saxon Britain / Edoardo Albert with Paul Gething.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Albert, Edoardo, 1963- author.

Gething, Paul, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anglo-Saxons--England--Northumbria (Region).

Anglo-Saxons.

England--Northumbria (Region).

Northumbria (England : Region)--History--To 1500.

Northumbria (England : Region).

Northumbria (England : Region)--Antiquities.

Great Britain--History, Military--449-1066.

Great Britain.

History, Military.

Antiquities.

Genre:

Military history.

History.

Physical Description:

292 pages : maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Granta Books, 2019.

Summary:

Warrior tells the story of forgotten man, a man whose bones were found in an Anglo-Saxon graveyard at Bamburgh castle in Northumberland. It is the story of a violent time when Britain was defining itself in waves of religious fervour, scattered tribal expansion and terrible bloodshed; it is the story of the fighting class, men apart, defined in life and death by their experiences on the killing field; it is an intricate and riveting narrative of survival and adaptation set in the stunning political and physical landscapes of medieval England. Warrior is a classic of British history, a landmark of popular archaeology, and a must-read for anyone interested in the story of where we've come from.

Contents:

1. A Warrior...

2. The Sword and the Archaeologist

3. Iona

4. Italians Abroad

5. Stories of Who We Are

6. New Gods

7. Does it All Mean Anything?

8. The Sea Kingdom

9. The Making of Warriors

10. To Take Back What is Ours

11. The White Blade

12. Father and Son

13. The Return of the King

14. Battle

15. To the Victor

16. A New Home Over the Sea

17. ... Known unto God.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-279) and index.

ISBN:

1783784423

9781783784424

OCLC:

1078433257