Anglo Saxon Age C 1042

by D.J.V. Fisher and Douglas John Vivian Fisher

Book Overview

An introductory survey which provides a clear and accessible account of the centuries between the arrival of the Anglo-Saxons and the Norman Conquest. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0880298944
• ISBN13: 9780880298940
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Dorset House Publishing Co Inc
• Length: 374 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.

Customer Reviews

excellent work on the period

For people just getting interested in this period of British History, this is an excellent work. The Anglo-Saxon period was a time of turbulent upheaval and change in Britain, and Fisher provides riveting accounts of the conquests of Britain by the Anglo-Saxons, then the coming age of the Normans. The books is focused on the various parts of how Britain evolved, how the warrior bands that ruled the lands were ultimately forged into a nation, influenced by kings and church. Fish is the lecturer (professor to the Yanks!!) at the University of Cambridge, and brings to bear his talents in this concise, rather straightforward work, making it one of the best books on this period for the general reader looking for answers.