Anglo Saxon England and the Norman Conquest - 9781138837485

Taylor & Francis

This celebrated account of society and economy in England from the first Anglo-Saxon settlements in the fifth century to the immediate aftermath of the Norman Conquest has been a standard text since it first appeared in 1962. This long-awaited second edition triumphantly incorporates the fruits of 30 years of subsequent scholarship It has been revised, expanded, and entirely reset. > This celebrated account of society and economy in England from the first Anglo-Saxon settlements in the fifth century to the immediate aftermath of the Norman Conquest has been a standard text since it first appeared in 1962. This long-awaited second edition incorporates the fruits of 30 years of subsequent scholarship. It has been revised expanded and entirely reset. > 1. Settlement and peoples.  2. The European setting and overseas trade.  3. Internal trade: the coinage and the towns. 4. The land.  5. Kingship and nobility.  6. Church, learning and literature.  7. Th.