This classic history covers the period c. 550-1087 and traces the development of English society from the oldest Anglo-Saxon laws, the growth of royal power, and the extension of private lordship to the establishment of feudalism after the Norman Conquest.
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"I am very grateful that you have made available to students this splendid and still vital, this very major, piece of historical thinking and writing."--R. Brentano, University of California, Berkeley
"For a broad and balanced survey of every aspect of Anglo-Saxon society in the movement of five hundred years there is nothing to approach Professor Stenton's book."--Times Literary Supplement
"Professor Stenton's book [is] on of the outstanding volumes in the series of which it forms a part, and one of the most valuable contributions ever made to our knowledge of the history of our own land."--English Historical Review
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Sir Frank Stenton (1880-1967) was Professor of History at Reading University from 1926 to 1946 and its Vice-Chancellor from 1946 to 1950.
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52 of 58 people found the following review helpful:
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Heavy reading for the VERY interested...,
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This review is from: Anglo-Saxon England (Oxford History of England) (Hardcover)
This book is filled with factual information, but because Sir Frank Stenton also lends his sagacious opinions the book is both enjoyable and easy to understand. This book is several hundred pages long with tiny print, and so packed with information, that you'll know everything possible about Anglo-Saxon history. Stenton always prefers the probable to the outrageous and does not seem to go with the popular opinions about kings, queens, or events. You must read this, but only if you're really, really interested in the subject. Otherwise, it'll go right over your head.
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The Quintessential study of Anglo-Saxon History,
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This review is from: Anglo-Saxon England: Reissue with a new cover (Oxford history of England) (Paperback)
Sir Stenton has composed a masterpiece of a history text in his most famous book. A caveat, however, in that the text itself was written by someone who was a professional historian. As such, the text is as dry as you would expect. It is, perhaps, the most comprehensive text on the subject available to the open market, but while it is very name, date, and place intensive, there is little in the way of anecdotal information that might interest the merely casual reader. For someone who is interest in more an introduction than an indepth analysis, I would recommend The Anglo-Saxons, edited by James Campbell.
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This review is from: Anglo-Saxon England: Reissue with a new cover (Oxford history of England) (Paperback)
This book is the single best source of information about Anglo-Saxon England. I would only caution that this books is not for the novice historian. Unfamiliarity with the topic will leave you wondering what your reading and completely lost.
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BETWEEN the end of Roman government in Britain and the emergence of the earliest English kingdoms there stretches a long period of which the history cannot be written. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
leading thegns, other public burdens, ooo hides, heathen age, witena gemot, eastern midlands, monastic revival, shire court, southern midlands, local nomenclature, early charters, traced downwards, manorial economy Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
West Saxon, Domesday Book, East Anglia, King Alfred, English Mercia, Edward the Confessor, King William, Edward the Elder, East Angles, Isle of Wight, Historia Ecclesiastica, William of Malmesbury, Florence of Worcester, East Saxons, Middle Angles, Dark Ages, Five Boroughs, Gregory the Great, Tribal Hidage, Watling Street, British Museum, King Edgar, Symeon of Durham, Anglo-Saxon Charters, Earl Godwine New!
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BETWEEN the end of Roman government in Britain and the emergence of the earliest English kingdoms there stretches a long period of which the history cannot be written. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
leading thegns, other public burdens, ooo hides, heathen age, witena gemot, eastern midlands, monastic revival, shire court, southern midlands, local nomenclature, early charters, traced downwards, manorial economy Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
West Saxon, Domesday Book, East Anglia, King Alfred, English Mercia, Edward the Confessor, King William, Edward the Elder, East Angles, Isle of Wight, Historia Ecclesiastica, William of Malmesbury, Florence of Worcester, East Saxons, Middle Angles, Dark Ages, Five Boroughs, Gregory the Great, Tribal Hidage, Watling Street, British Museum, King Edgar, Symeon of Durham, Anglo-Saxon Charters, Earl Godwine New!
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- English Historical Documents, 1714-1783: Volume 10 by D. B. Horn on page 650, and Back Matter
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