1st Edition

Kings and Kingdoms of Early Anglo-Saxon England

By Dr Barbara Yorke Copyright 1990
    236 Pages
    by Routledge

    236 Pages
    by Routledge

    Kings and Kingdoms of Early Anglo-Saxon England provides a unique survey of the six major Anglo-Saxon kingdoms - Kent, the East Saxons, the East Angles, Northumbria, Mercia and Wessex - and their royal families, examining the most recent research in this field.
    Barbara Yorke moves beyond narrative accounts of the various royal houses to explain issues such as the strategies of rule, the reasons for success and failure and the dynamics of change in the office of king. Sixteen genealogical and regnal tables help to elucidate the history of the royal houses.

    Foreword, List of tables and illustrations, I. INTRODUCTION: THE ORIGINS OF THE ANGLO-SAXON KINGDOMS, II. KENT, III. THE EAST SAXONS, IV. THE EAST ANGLES, V. NORTHUMBRIA, VI. MERCIA, VII. THE WEST SAXONS, VIII. CONCLUSION: THE DEVELOPMENT OF KINGSHIP c. 600–900, Bibliography and Abbreviations

    Biography

    Barbara Yorke is a Senior Lecturer in History and Archaeology, King Alfred's College, Winchester.