02842cam a2200265 4500 499722761 TxAuBib 20210607120000.0 210413s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781643133126 HRD 32.00 1643133128 HRD 32.00 TxAuBib Morris, Marc, 1973- The Anglo-Saxons [BOOK] : a history of the beginnings of England 400-1066 / Marc Morris. Pegasus Books cloth edition. New York, NY : Pegasus Books Ltd., 2021. xvi, 508 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of unnumbered plates : illustrations (some color), maps, genealogical tables ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical resources and index. The ruin of Britain -- War-wolves and ring-givers : the emergence of kings and kingdoms -- God's chosen instrument : St. Wilfrid and the establishment of Christianity -- An English empire? : King Offa and the domination of the south -- Storm from the north : the Viking assault on Britain and Francia -- Resurrection : Alfred the Great and the forging of Englishness -- Imperial overstretch? : King Æthelred and the conquest of the north -- One nation under God : St. Dunstan and the pursuit of uniformity -- The ill-counselled king : Æthelred the Unready and the fear of apocalypse -- Twilight : the rise of the house of Godwine. "Sixteen hundred years ago Britain left the Roman Empire and swiftly fell into ruin. Grand cities and luxurious villas were deserted and left to crumble, and civil society collapsed into chaos. Into this violent and unstable world came foreign invaders from across the sea, and established themselves as its new masters. The Anglo-Saxons traces the turbulent history of these people across the next six centuries. It explains how their earliest rulers fought relentlessly against each other for glory and supremacy, and then were almost destroyed by the onslaught of the vikings. It explores how they abandoned their old gods for Christianity, established hundreds of churches and created dazzlingly intricate works of art. It charts the revival of towns and trade, and the origins of a familiar landscape of shires, boroughs and bishoprics. It is a tale of famous figures like King Offa, Alfred the Great and Edward the Confessor, but also features a host of lesser known characters - ambitious queens, revolutionary saints, intolerant monks and grasping nobles. Through their remarkable careers we see how a new society, a new culture and a single unified nation came into being.". 20210607. Anglo-Saxons History. History. Great Britain History Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066.