Ceawlin : The Man Who Created England (Hardcover)

from Ma_Washigeri

For the first time I have a grasp of what might have gone on from 410 AD to 600 AD. Speculation, but based on the sources, such as they are, and I'm ready to go along with that, at least until the concluding chapter or so. I am beginning to grasp the sheer amount of history, the multitude of gene...

from Ma_Washigeri

For the first time I have a grasp of what might have gone on from 410 AD to 600 AD. Speculation, but based on the sources, such as they are, and I'm ready to go along with that, at least until the concluding chapter or so. I am beginning to grasp the sheer amount of history, the multitude of gene...

from antiquary

Matthews's justification for the (to my mind exaggerated) title of this book is that he says Britain as primarily Romano-British, with Anglo-Saxons primarily as mercenaries, until the late 500s. He believes that the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (early part written in the 800s) misrepresented the early k...