Ebook: Anglo-Saxon England

1. The Age of Migration -- 2. The Kingdoms of the Southern English -- 3. Anglian Northumbria -- 4. The Conversion of the English People -- 5. The English Church from Theodore to Boniface -- 6. Learning and Literature in Early England -- 7. The Ascendancy of the Mercian Kings -- 8. The Age of Alfred -- 9. The Structure of Early English Society -- 10. The Conquest of Scandinavian England -- 11. The Decline of the Old English Monarchy -- 12. England and the Scandinavian World -- 13. The Tenth Century Reformation -- 14. England before the Conquest (i) The Peasants and their Lords, (ii) The Danelaw, (iii) Towns and Trade -- 15. The Last Years of the Old English State -- 16. The Norman Conquest -- 17 The Norman Settlement. -- 18. The Reorganization of the English Church -- Epilogue: The Anglo-Norman State -- Bibliography -- Key to Anglo-Saxon Place Names -- Index.;Discussing the development of English society, from the growth of royal power to the establishment of feudalism after the Norman Conquest, this book focuses on the emergence of the earliest English kingdoms and the Anglo-Norman monarchy in 1087. It also describes the chief phases in the history of the Anglo-Saxon church, drawing on many diverse examples; the result is a fascinating insight into this period of English history.