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Northumbria, 500-1100
David Rollason
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Description for Northumbria, 500-1100
Paperback. A study of the rise and fall of the large and powerful kingdom of Northumbria. Num Pages: 368 pages, 37 b/w illus. 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYN; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 173 x 20. Weight in Grams: 594.
This book deals with the rise and fall of the kingdom of Northumbria. It examines the mechanisms of ethnic, political, social and religious change which, beginning after the end of the Roman Empire, welded the large and disparate area between the Humber and the Firth of Forth into one of the most powerful kingdoms of early medieval England, and those which led to its disintegration and its replacement by political structures of northern England and southern Scotland. The story is set in a wider European context so that the history of Northumbria is seen as paradigmatic for an understanding of ... Read more
This book deals with the rise and fall of the kingdom of Northumbria. It examines the mechanisms of ethnic, political, social and religious change which, beginning after the end of the Roman Empire, welded the large and disparate area between the Humber and the Firth of Forth into one of the most powerful kingdoms of early medieval England, and those which led to its disintegration and its replacement by political structures of northern England and southern Scotland. The story is set in a wider European context so that the history of Northumbria is seen as paradigmatic for an understanding of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521041027
SKU
V9780521041027
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About David Rollason
David Rollason is Professor of History, University of Durham.
Reviews for Northumbria, 500-1100
'This is an erudite volume.' Journal of Ecclesiastical History 'This book is an important contribution to the history both of Britain and Europe in the Early Middle Ages, and particularly significant for focusing on a failed State in a period when the success stories - such as Frankia, Wessex and, later, England - get most attention … this is a ... Read more