Britain After Rome
The Fall and Rise, 400 to 1070
$32.43
- Paperback
480 pages
- Release Date
5 May 2011
Summary
The story of Britain in the era of the astonishing ‘Staffordshire Hoard’.
The enormous hoard of beautiful gold military objects found in a field in Staffordshire has focused huge attention on the mysterious world of 7th and 8th century Britain. Clearly the product of a sophisticated, wealthy, highly militarized society, the objects beg innumerable questions about how we are to understand the people who once walked across the same landscape we inhabit, who are our ancestors and yet lef…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140148237 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 014014823X |
| Author: | Robin Fleming |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 480 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 5 May 2011 |
| Weight: | 331g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 22mm |
| Series: | Penguin History of Britain |
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“This is a very human and humane treatment of the forgotten people of early Britain … an exciting, often brilliant and always thought-provoking synthesis.” – Times Literary Supplement
This is a very human and humane treatment of the forgotten people of early Britain… an exciting, often brilliant and always thought-provoking synthesis * Times Literary Supplement *
About The Author
Robin Fleming
Robin Fleming is the author of Kings and Lords in Conquest England and Domesday Book and the Law. She has taught for many years at Boston College and is currently Matina S. Horner Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University.
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