The Anglo-Saxon Age: A Very Short Introduction: 18 (Very Short Introductions) - Softcover

Blair, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0192854038 ISBN 13: 9780192854032

Publisher: OUP Oxford, 2000

First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, John Blair's Very Short Introduction to the Anglo-Saxon Age covers the emergence of the earliest English settlements to the Norman victory in 1066. This book is a brief introduction to the political, social, religious, and cultural history of Anglo-Saxon England.

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About the Author:

John Blair is Fellow and Prelector in Modern History, The Queen's College, Oxford. His publications include Early Medieval Surrey (1991), Anglo-Saxon Oxfordshire (1994), Ministers and Parish Churches (1988), English Medieval Industries (1991), The Cloister and the World (1996), and The Church in Anglo-Saxon Society (forthcoming).

Synopsis:

First published as part of the best-selling "The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain", John Blair's very short introduction to the Anglo-Saxon Age covers the emergence of the earliest English settlements to the Norman victory in 1066. This book is a brief introduction to the political, social, religious, and cultural history of Anglo-Saxon England.

• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0192854038
• ISBN 13: 9780192854032
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 104