Wessex in the Early Middle AgesLeicester University Press, 1995 - 367 pages Wessex 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. |
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Abingdon Æthelred Aldhelm Alfred Alfred's Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Anglo-Saxon England Anglo-Saxon period Arch Archaeology areas Asser Athelstan Attenborough B.A.E. Yorke Bede Berkshire Biddle bishop British Brooks Burghal Hidage burhs burial Cadbury Celtic cemetery centres Cenwalh charters Christian Cnut Conquest Cunliffe Devon Domesday Book Dorchester Dorset Dumnonia Dumville ealdorman early eastern Wessex ecclesiastical Edward the Elder eighth century estates Ethelweard Ethelwold evidence Excavations Exeter Finberg Germanic Gildas Glastonbury Hampshire Hamwic Hants hides hill-fort History Ilchester Ine's Isle of Wight Jutish Keynes and Lapidge king's kingdom land late Roman late Saxon later Anglo-Saxon Malmesbury manor Medieval Mercian minster churches monastery monastic ninth century nunneries Old English Old Minster original place-names Portchester pottery probably province Rahtz recorded region reign 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