books on Anglo-Saxon England.

[Red Peasant]

Here is a small selection of titles from my undergrad early medieval bibliography:

Abels, Richard P., Lordship and Military Obligation in Anglo-Saxon England (London, 1988).

Campbell, James, Essays in Anglo-Saxon History (London, 1986).

Dark, Kenneth R., Civitas to Kingdom: Power and Politics in Britain, A.D. 300-800 (Leicester, 1993).

Ellis, Peter Berresford, Celt and Saxon: the Struggle for Britain A.D. 410-937 (London, 1993)

Finberg, H.P.R., The Formation of England, 550-1042 (London, 1974).

Fisher, D.J.V., The Anglo-Saxon Age, c.400-1042 (London, 1973).

Harrison, Kenneth, The Framework of Anglo-Saxon History to A.D. 900 (Cambridge, 1976).

Harrison, Mark and Gerry Embleton, Saxon Thegn, 443-1066 A.D. (London, 1993).

Hart, Cyril, The Danelaw (London, 1992).

Hawkes, Sonia Chadwick, ed., Weapons and Warfare in Anglo-Saxon England (Oxford, 1989).

Higham, N.J., The Convert Kings: Power and Religious Affiliation in Early Anglo-Saxon England (Manchester, 1997).

Hodgkin, R.H., History of the Anglo-Saxons, third edition (Oxford, 1952).

Humble, Richard, The Saxon Kings (London, 1980).

John, Eric, Reassessing Anglo-Saxon England (Manchester, 1996).

Loyn, Henry R., The Governance of Anglo-Saxon England, 500-1087 (London, 1984).

Loyn, H.R., Anglo-Saxon England and the Norman Conquest, second edition (London, 1991).

Nicolle, David, Arthur and the Anglo-Saxon Wars: Anglo-Celtic Warfare, A.D. 410-1066 (London, 1984).

Niles, John D. and Mark Amodio, ed., Anglo-Scandinavian England: Norse-English Relations in the Period before the Conquest (London, 1989).

Page, R.I., Life in Anglo-Saxon England (London, 1970).

Peddie, John and Patrick Dillon, Alfred's Defeat of the Vikings (Devizes, 1981) Reprinted (London, 1994).

Sawyer, P.H., From Roman Britain to Norman England (London, 1978).

Sawyer, Peter, Scandinavians and the English in the Viking Age (Cambridge, 1995).

Wallace-Hadrill, J.M., Early Germanic Kingship in England and on the Continent (Oxford, 1971).

Whitelock, Dorothy, The Beginnings of English Society, second edition (Harmondsworth, 1974).

Yorke, Barbara, Kings and Kingdoms of Early Anglo-Saxon England (London, 1990).

There is much more, not all read by me of course *eek*, though I sampled many for various essays. For most of these you would need access to a very good library as they would be too expensive to purchase.

[frogbeastegg]

Thanks.

I shall investigate the availability of titles tomorrow evening, when I've a bit more time. I should have said that I don't have access to a good library, so I'll be mostly buying. For obvious reasons I prefer cheaper books so long as they do the job, but I can and will go for more expensive books if they are something very special. But not above £30, and not in great numbers. I've a new job since the last one of these threads, working in a bookshop, of all places. So I can afford to buy these days.

Anyway, some promising looking titles here.


I have found this beauty. Methinks I'll buy one.




Shadeswolf: As I said, I have Stenton I've got the Roman, Saxon and 4 medieval volumes of the original Oxford History of England; the others don't interest me. I have to admit that, unlike you it seems, I got all of mine cheaply, and with a minimum of fuss. Some of them are still in print :cough: including Stenton :cough: Great series indeed, and still very worth reading even now.

I can return the favour (I hope) with the recommendation you look at the New Oxford History of England. New authorities, new subjects added, new insights, new evidence, new thoughts, and added on to the same old principles and detail. One of those rare times when the sequel really builds on and goes beyond the original. The series is still in the making, so there are gaps. I only have the three medieval volumes, but they are amongst my favourites, out of some 150+ history books.

[ShadesWolf]

I must admit the only books I seem to buy at the moment are those on the Hundred years war.

Im still waiting for the next volume of Jonathan Sumpton epic. I hope he manages to get them all in before he dies. Two books in 14 years and we are only upto 1369. Still another 84 years to go. I also need at some time to get round to getting the volumes of 'Dukes of Burgundy' by Richard Vaughan that im missing

I can return the favour (I hope) with the recommendation you look at the New Oxford History of England. New authorities, new subjects added, new insights, new evidence, new thoughts, and added on to the same old principles and detail. One of those rare times when the sequel really builds on and goes beyond the original. The series is still in the making, so there are gaps. I only have the three medieval volumes, but they are amongst my favourites, out of some 150+ history books.

Whats the coverage for the HYW period like in the new books ?

[frogbeastegg]

Shadeswolf: Well ... it sort of depends. First I will say that I've lavished most of my time on the first volume of the three, which covers the Norman - Angevin era. So the latter two haven't been read comprehensively, only referred to one certain topics and wandered about in. For what the books are and aim to do, I'd say the sections on the HYW are very good. They break down into chapters on the usual topics, such as army composition, the events of the war, supplies, recruitment; Prestwich's volume is better at this than Harriss', as Harriss' work is much less divided up into handy to reference segments. But compared to massive specialised tomes like Sumption's work? It can't compete. There isn't the page count; these books have a lot to cover, and only around an average of 600 pages to do it all.



Gone through the suggestions; took longer than I thought. Managed to find a few to go after in addition to that encyclopaedia, and hopefully from there the bibliographies will work their usual magic. Thanks.

[English assassin]

Did we HAVE to mention Sumption? £1 million a year QCs and deputy high court judges who happen to be leading historians as a bloody hobby make me feel rather inadequate...

[ShadesWolf]

Did we HAVE to mention Sumption? £1 million a year QCs and deputy high court judges who happen to be leading historians as a bloody hobby make me feel rather inadequate...

what a hero he is