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Barcode37821002538342
LocationMarshall District
TitleThe birth of the Anglo-Saxons : three kings and a history of Britain at the dawn of the Viking age / Max Adams.
AuthorAdams, Max, 1961- author.
Call No942.01 ADA
CollectionAdult New Arrivals

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International Standard Book Number 9781639368310
International Standard Book Number 1639368310
Personal Name Adams, Max, 1961- author.
Title Statement The birth of the Anglo-Saxons : three kings and a history of Britain at the dawn of the Viking age / Max Adams.
Edition Statement First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
Imprint New York : London : Pegasus Books, 2025.
Physical Description xiii, 448 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
General Note Maps on endpapers.
Bibliography, Etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages [400]-425) and index.
Summary, Etc. "For too long, the eighth century has been a neglected era in British history: a shadow land between the death of Saint Bede and the triumphs of King Ælfred and the eventual unification of England. Butbefore the victories of King Ælfred against the Viking invaders, the kingdom of Mercia--spread across a broad swathe of central England--was the reigning power that exercised central political authority for the first time since the Roman Empire. This authority was used to construct trading networks and markets; to develop strong economic, cultural, and political links with the Continent; and to lay the foundations for a system of defense that would be invigorated and reinvented by Ælfred at the end of the ninth century. In this history of early medieval Britain, Max Adams reconnects the worlds ofthe three kings--Æthelbald, Offa, and Ælfred--in a study of the landscape, society, and politics of a fascinating century of change"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject-Personal Name Æthelbald, King of Mercia, -757.
Subject-Personal Name Offa, King of the Mercians, -796.
Subject-Personal Name Alfred, King of England, 849-899.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Anglo-Saxons England Mercia (Kingdom)
Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term England Civilization To 1066.
Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term Great Britain History Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066.
Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term Mercia (Kingdom)

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