The English Settlements

by J. N. L. Myres

Overview

Here, Myres looks anew at the dark centuries of English history between the collapse of Roman rule in the early fifth century and the emergence of Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in the seventh—the subject of the now-classic Roman Britain and the English Settlements by Collingwood and Myres—and reconsiders the period in light of abundant recent research in the field. New linguistic findings have led to a significant shift in emphasis, which is now reflected in this last volume of the Oxford History of England. The author illuminates some of the little-understood factors that link Roman Britain with Anglo-Saxon England, and suggests certain political and social continuities that help to clarify this complex and traumatic historical era.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198217190
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	01/23/1986
Series:	Oxford History of England , #1
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 5.50(h) x 0.75(d)
Lexile:	1710L (what's this?)

About the Author

Oxford University

Editorial Reviews

"This is a work of enviable erudition that will fascinate those interested in the supercession of one culture by another. It will be required reading for all students of early English history."—Albion

"The finest and fullest treatment to date of the English settlements, one to which there is no rival."—History: Reviews of New Books

"A well thought-out and challenging book....[It] can only be enthusiastically welcomed as a vital contribution."—American Historical Review

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