Ælfred's Britain : war and peace in the Viking age / Max Adams.
Ælfred's Britain : war and peace in the Viking age / Max Adams.
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London : Head of Zeus, 2017.
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G 2018/2332
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English
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Physical content
xviii, 509 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps (some colour) ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
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volume
Contents
Author's note -- Introduction -- Part one: The tigers in the smoke, 789-878 (Timeline 1: 789-878 ; Forespæc ; 1. Landscape with figures ; 2. Central placves ; 3. The incoming tide ; 4. The End of Days)
Part two: Newton's cradle: 879-918 (Timeline 2: 879-918 ; Forespæc ; 5. The balance of power ; 6. Arriivals and departures ; 7. Fragmentary annals ; 8. Politics by other means)
Part three: Going native: 919-955 (Timeline 3: 919-955 ; Forespæc ; 9. Innate affinities with ambiguity ; 10. Lawyers, guns and money ; 11. A house of cards ; 12. The illusory prize)
Appendix; Regnal tables (Rulers of Wessex, 802-955 ; Rulers of York, 867-955 ; Rulers of Mercia, 757-924 ; Rulers of Pictavia; Dál Riata, Alba, 839-955 ; Rulers of the Welsh, 808-950)
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London : Head of Zeus, 2017.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2017.
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Summary
In 865, a great Viking army landed in East Anglia, precipitating a series of wars that would last until the middle of the following century. It was in this time of crisis that the modern kingdoms of Britain were born. In their responses to the Viking threat, these kingdoms forged their identities as hybrid cultures: vibrant and entrepreneurial peop...
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Ælfred's Britain : war and peace in the Viking age / Max Adams.
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Maps on lining papers.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 465-489) and index.
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©2017
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G 2018/2332
Record Identifier
74VKVomyjLDO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVomyjLDO
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ISBN
9781784080303
1784080306
DDC
942.016
MMS ID
991024165593502626
