The Anglo-Saxon State

By James Campbell

The power, sophistication, unity and wealth of the late Anglo-Saxon state have been underestimated. The shadow of defeat in 1066, and an assumption that the Normans brought about strong government and a unification that had not previously been there, has prevented many of the remarkable features of Anglo-Saxon society from being seen. In The Anglo-Saxon State James Campbell shows how strong, unified and well-governed Anglo-Saxon England was and how numerous and wealthy were its inhabitants. Late Anglo-Saxon England was also a country with a political class considerably wider than just the earls and thegns. William Stubbs's vision of Anglo-Saxon England as a country with real representative institutions may indeed be truer than that of his denigrators. James Campbell's work demands the rethinking of Anglo-Saxon history.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1852851767
• ISBN13: 9781852851767
• Release Date: February 2003
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.5"