Description
Making England, 796-1042
Language: English
Subject for Making England, 796-1042:
Keywords
Young Men; Viking; Harold Harefoot; Mercia; West Saxon; Wessex; Aethelred II; King Egbert; Archbishop Wulfstan; East Anglia; King Aethelstan; Northumbria; Anglo-Saxon Chronicle; Kingship; King Aethelred; King Alfred; Viking Army; Royal Power; King’s Thegn; Family; Swein Forkbeard; Followers; King Aethelwulf; Early Law Codes; Ii Cnut; the Church; Sermo Lupi Ad Anglos; Conquest of the Danelaw; Eadric Streona; Edward the Elder; Bishop Aethelwold; Aethelflaed; Burghal Hidage; Edgar the Peaceable; Edward’s Kingship; Monastic Reform; Grately Code; Dunstan; Regularis Concordia; Oswald; Edgar’s Reign; Edward the Martyr; Alfred’s Court; Edmund Ironside; Edward the Confessor; Great Famine; King Cnut; King Eadred; Archbishop Aethlenoth; Archbishop Aelfric; economic changes; medieval England; English royal laws
Publication date: 07-2018
· 15.6x23.4 cm · Hardback
Publication date: 07-2018
· 15.6x23.4 cm · Paperback
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Making England, 796?1042 explores the creation and establishment of the kingdom of England and the significant changes that led to it becoming one of the most successful and sophisticated political structures in the western world by the middle of the eleventh century.
At the end of the eighth century when King Offa of Mercia died, England was a long way from being a single kingdom ruled by a single king. This book examines how and why the kingdom of England formed in the way it did and charts the growth of royal power over the following two and a half centuries. Key political and military events are introduced alongside developments within government, the law, the church and wider social and economic changes to provide a detailed picture of England throughout this period. This is also set against a wider European context to demonstrate the influence of external forces on England?s development.
With a focus on England?s rulers and elites, Making England, 796?1042 uncovers the type of kingdom England was and analyses its strengths and weaknesses as well as the emerging concept of a specifically English nation. Arranged both chronologically and thematically, and containing a selection of maps and genealogies, it is the ideal introducion to this subject for students of medieval history and of medieval England in particular.
Introduction. England and the English in 796; Part I. The Origins of a Kingdom, 796-899; Chapter 1: The Events, 796-899; Chapter 2: Ruling the Kingdoms, 796-899; Chapter 3: The Kings and the Law, 796-899; Chapter 4: The Kings and the Church, 796-899; Part II. The Birth of a Kingdom, 899-975; Chapter 5: The Events, 899-975; Chapter 6: Ruling the Kingdom, 899-975; Chapter 7: The Kings and the Law, 899-975; Chapter 8: The Kings and the Church, 899-975; Part III. The Testing of a Kingdom, 975-1042; Chapter 9: The Events, 975-1042; Chapter 10: Ruling the Kingdom, 975-1042; Chapter 11: The Kings and the Law, 975-1042; Chapter 12: The Kings and the Church, 975-1042; Glossary of Terms; Suggestions for Further Reading
Richard Huscroft is Head of History at Westminster School, London, and is the author of several books on medieval history, including Ruling England, 1042-1217 (2016), and Tales from the Long Twelfth Century (2016).
