A Brief History of the Anglo-Saxons

ISBN: 9780786717385

出版社: Transition Vendor

出版年: 2006-7

页数: 320

定价: $ 16.89

装帧: Pap

内容简介

Starting A. D. 400 (around the time of their invasion of England) and running through to the 1100s (the Aftermath'), historian Geoffrey Hindley shows the Anglo-Saxons as formative in the history not only of England but also of Europe. The society inspired by the warrior world of the Old English poem Beowulf saw England become the world's first nation state and Europe's first country to conduct affairs in its own language, and Bede and Boniface of Wessex establish the dating convention we still use today. Including all the latest research, A Brief History of the Anglo-Saxons is a fascinating assessment of a vital historical period.