THE ANGLO

The Anglo-Saxon period, stretching from the fifth to the late eleventh century, begins with the Roman retreat from the Western world and ends with the Norman takeover of England. Between these epochal events, many of the contours and patterns of English life that would endure for the next millennium were shaped. In this authoritative work, N. J. Higham and M. J. Ryan reexamine Anglo-Saxon Engl and in the light of new research in disciplines as wide ranging as historical genetics, paleobotany, archaeology, literary studies, art histor...[Leer más]