From Roman Britain to Norman England

by P.H.Sawyer (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1978

  $7.23

• New

  Paperback
  1998

  $41.22

  This revised edition of the classic text of the period provides both the student and the specialist with an informative account of post-Roman English society.
  After a general survey of the main developments from the fourth century to the eleventh, the book offers analysis of:
  * social organization
  * the changing character of kingship, of royal government and the influence of the church
  * the history of settlement
  * the making of the landscape
  * the growth of towns and trade
  * the consequences of the Norman Conquest.
  The author also considers the various influences; British, Frankish, Viking and Christian that helped shape English society and contributed to the making of a united kingdom.