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Collection of source material and crucial interpretations, offering a comprehensive guide to Anglo-Saxon warfare.
WINNER: 2012 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Award
The warfare of the late Anglo-Saxon period had momentous consequences for the development of the English state following Alfred the Great's reign. This book provides a comprehensive guide, with extracts in translation from the principal sources for our knowledge, accompanied by the most important interpretations by scholars through the ages, and new introductions by thepresent author. It looks at every aspect of the topic, from land and sea forces to logistics and campaigning, from fortifications and the battlefield to the final peacemaking. In so doing, it highlights the significance of warfareand its organisation for the late Anglo-Saxon state, and the multitude of ways in which it was recorded and remembered.
Dr Ryan Lavelle is Senior Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Winchester.
WINNER: 2012 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Award
The warfare of the late Anglo-Saxon period had momentous consequences for the development of the English state following Alfred the Great's reign. This book provides a comprehensive guide, with extracts in translation from the principal sources for our knowledge, accompanied by the most important interpretations by scholars through the ages, and new introductions by thepresent author. It looks at every aspect of the topic, from land and sea forces to logistics and campaigning, from fortifications and the battlefield to the final peacemaking. In so doing, it highlights the significance of warfareand its organisation for the late Anglo-Saxon state, and the multitude of ways in which it was recorded and remembered.
Dr Ryan Lavelle is Senior Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Winchester.
Price: $170.00
Pages: 400
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Inc.
Imprint: Boydell Press
Publication Date:
21 October 2010
Trim Size: 9.61 X 6.77 in
ISBN: 9781843835691
Format: Hardcover
BISACs:
HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, European history: medieval period, middle ages, Military history
Will surely become a go-to guide for those seeking to represent 'authentic' medieval warfare of the period in all its facets, as well as those who want to authoritatively critique such descriptions.
Foreword
Introduction: A Society at War: Mentalities of Warfare in Later Anglo-Saxon England
Friends and Foes
Organisation and Equipment: Land
Organisation and Equipment: Maritime
Campaigns and Strategies
Fortifications
Fields of Slaughter: Battles and Battlefields
After the Battle: Peacemaking and Peace Agreements
Conclusions
Appendix: Timeline
Bibliography
Introduction: A Society at War: Mentalities of Warfare in Later Anglo-Saxon England
Friends and Foes
Organisation and Equipment: Land
Organisation and Equipment: Maritime
Campaigns and Strategies
Fortifications
Fields of Slaughter: Battles and Battlefields
After the Battle: Peacemaking and Peace Agreements
Conclusions
Appendix: Timeline
Bibliography