The Anglo-Saxons

This survey, an introduction to the history of Anglo-Saxon England, looks at political history, with religious, cultural, social, legal, and economic themes woven in. Throughout the book, the authors make use of original sources such as chronicles, charters, manuscripts and coins, works of art, archaeological remains, and surviving buildings. The nature of power and kingship, the role of wealth, rewards, conquest, and blood-feud in the perennial struggle for power, the structure of society, t…