Anglo-Saxon England: 400-790 (Shire Living Histories)
Sally Crawford
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Paperback. "Anglo-Saxon Britain: 400-699". Series: Shire Living Histories. Num Pages: 80 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: 1DB; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 152 x 7. Weight in Grams: 180.
The Anglo-Saxon period has often been dismissed as 'lost centuries' or the Dark Ages, but archaeological evidence and later written sources reveal a complex and sophisticated culture that was beginning to move towards urbanisation, establishing market-places to facilitate the trade of local and exotic goods, and developing an organised educational system. In Early Anglo Saxon Britain, Sally Crawford paints a vivid portrait of daily life in the period that saw the Anglo-Saxon invasion and the end of Roman Britain: from the status and demands of occupations to the structures of families, and from the intricacies of feasting to the period's ... Read more
The Anglo-Saxon period has often been dismissed as 'lost centuries' or the Dark Ages, but archaeological evidence and later written sources reveal a complex and sophisticated culture that was beginning to move towards urbanisation, establishing market-places to facilitate the trade of local and exotic goods, and developing an organised educational system. In Early Anglo Saxon Britain, Sally Crawford paints a vivid portrait of daily life in the period that saw the Anglo-Saxon invasion and the end of Roman Britain: from the status and demands of occupations to the structures of families, and from the intricacies of feasting to the period's ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Shire Publications Ltd
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Series
Shire Living Histories
Condition
New
Number of Pages
72
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780747808367
SKU
V9780747808367
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About Sally Crawford
Dr Sally Crawford is an established scholar in the field of medieval studies. She is an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for the History of Medicine at the University of Birmingham and is currently working on the archives of Paul Jacobsthal at the Institute of Archaeology, Oxford University. She is the co-editor for The Oxford Handbook of Anglo-Saxon ... Read more
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