The earliest English kings /D.P. Kirby.
- revisedition. edition.
- London ; New York : Routledge, (c)2000.
- 1 online resource (xv, 258 pages) : illustrations, maps
Includes bibliographies and index.
Book Cover; Title; Contents; Abbreviations; List of figures; Preface to second edition; Preface; The peoples and kingdoms of pre-Viking England; Early Kent; The early kings of the western Saxons; The Anglian territories in the late sixth and early seventh centuries; The northern Anglian hegemony in the seventh century; The southumbrian kingdoms from the mid-seventh to the mid-eighth century; Northumbria in the eighth century; Offa; The Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in the first three-quarters of the ninth century; The coming of the Vikings; Appendix; Notes; Index.
A fascinating survey of Anglo-Saxon history from the sixth century to the eighth century and the death of King Alfred. This book reveals the complex, distant and tumultuous events of Anglo-Saxon politics.
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Anglo-Saxons--Kings and rulers. Monarchy--History.--England