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A Brief History of the Anglo-Saxons

A Brief History of the Anglo-Saxons

The Beginnings of the English Nation

by Geoffrey Hindley
Paperback
Publication Date: 23/06/2006

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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.
ISBN:
9780786717385
9780786717385
Category:
European history
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
23-06-2006
Publisher:
Avalon Publishing Group
Country of origin:
United States
Pages:
320
Dimensions (mm):
210x140mm
Geoffrey Hindley

Geoffrey Hindley (1935-2014), educated at Kingswood School, Bath and University College Oxford, is a lecturer and writer.

He was three times an invited participant at the International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University; was visiting associate professor at the University of Florida, Gainesville; and lectured in Europe and America on European culture, medieval social history and Magna Carta, and the history of music.

From 1994 to 2000 he taught English civilization at the University of Le Havre. Right up until his death he was co-president of the Society for the History of Medieval Technology and Science of Oxford and London.

His many books include The Shaping of Europe, England in the Age of Caxton, The Book of Magna Carta, A Brief History of the Crusades and A Brief History of the Anglo-Saxons.

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