The Earliest English Kings

Download or read book The Earliest English Kings written by D. P. Kirby and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-03-25 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Earliest English Kings is a fascinating survey of Anglo-Saxon History from the sixth century to the eighth century and the death of King Alfred. It explains and explores the 'Heptarchy' or the seven kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England, as well as the various peoples within them, wars, religion, King Offa and the coming of the Vikings. With maps and family trees, this book reveals the complex, distant and tumultuous events of Anglo-Saxon politics.

Download or read book The Laws of the Earliest English Kings written by Great Britain and published by AMS Press. This book was released on 1922 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Kings and Kingdoms of Early Anglo-Saxon England written by Barbara Yorke and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-11 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kings and Kingdoms of Early Anglo-Saxon England provides a unique survey of the six major Anglo-Saxon kingdoms and their royal families, examining the most recent research in this field.

Download or read book The Earliest English Kings written by D. P. Kirby and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-01-04 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1990. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Download or read book A Brief History of British Kings & Queens written by Mike Ashley and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2014-03-27 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is the whole of recorded British royal history, from the legendary King Alfred the Great onwards, including the monarchies of England, Scotland, Wales and the United Kingdom for over a thousand years. Fascinating portraits are expertly woven into a history of division and eventual union of the British Isles - even royals we think most familiar are revealed in a new and sometimes surprising light. This revised and shortened edition of The Mammoth Book of British Kings & Queens includes biographies of the royals of recorded British history, plus an overview of the semi-legendary figures of pre-history and the Dark Ages - an accessible source for students and general readers.

Download or read book Divorced, Beheaded, Died... written by Kevin Flude and published by Michael O'Mara Books. This book was released on 2010-11-04 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring tales of murder, adultery, beheadings, civil war, usurpation and madness, Divorced, Beheaded, Died.takes you on a gallop through the history of all of England's kings and queens, plus some of the less well-known Scots and Welsh rulers.

Download or read book The Origins of Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms written by Steven Bassett and published by Leicester University. This book was released on 1989 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wealth of new information about lowland Britain in the Migration Period has been generated during the last 10 years, allowing a new examination to be made of the origins of Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. These essays throw new light on why and how Anglo-Saxon kingship originated and discuss processes of state formation. Distributed in the US by Columbia U. Press. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR