WessexWessex is central to the study of early medieval English history; it was the dynasty which created the kingdom of England. This volume uses archaeological and place-name evidence to present an authoritative account of the most significant of the English Kingdoms. |
Contents
| 1 | |
| 8 | |
2 The Creation of Wessex c 600802 | 52 |
3 Wessex and England 8021066 | 94 |
4 The Spread of Christianity 400800 | 149 |
the West Saxon Church 8001066 | 192 |
6 Social Structure and Rural Life | 240 |
7 Trade and the Growth of Towns | 291 |
Epilogue | 325 |
Abbreviations | 329 |
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| 358 | |
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Abingdon Ęlfric Ęthelweard Ęthelwold Ęthelwulf Aldhelm Alfred Alfred's Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Anglo-Saxon England Anglo-Saxon period Arch Archaeology areas Asser Athelstan Attenborough Bede Berkshire Biddle bishop British Brooks Burghal Hidage burhs burial Cadbury Cędwalla Celtic cemetery centres Cenwalh charters Christian Cnut conquest Devon Domesday Book Dorchester Dorset Dumnonia Dumville ealdorman early eastern Wessex ecclesiastical Edward the Elder eighth century estates evidence Excavations Exeter Finberg foundation Gelling Germanic Gildas Glastonbury Hampshire Hamwic Hants hides hill-fort History Ilchester Ine's Isle of Wight Keynes and Lapidge King Ęthelred kingdom land late Roman late Saxon later Anglo-Saxon Malmesbury manor Medieval Mercian minster churches monastery monastic ninth century nunneries Old Minster original place-names pottery probably province Rahtz recorded region reign of Ęthelred Roman Britain royal house saints Saxon period seems settlement seventh century Sherborne shires sixth Somerset Southampton tenth thegns towns Wareham Wessex West Saxon kings western Wilts Wiltshire Winchester