num_pages: 264
description: A treacherous murder in northern England on an early spring day in 1016 is used to introduce readers to the world of the aristocratic men and women of Anglo-Saxon England, their violence, their piety, their assumptions and experiences, their hopes and fears. In this book, award-winning author Richard Fletcher illuminates English society and politics in the years around the Norman Conquest, threading together scanty documentary evidence to produce a rich narrative.
language: English
title: Bloodfeud: Murder and Revenge in Anglo-Saxon England
titlecomplete: Bloodfeud: Murder and Revenge in Anglo-Saxon England
characters: Thurbrand the Hold, Cnut the Great, Edmund Ironside, Æthelred the Unready, Uhtred of Nurthumbria
genres: Medieval, History, British Literature, European History, Anglo Saxon, Historical, Nonfiction, Medieval History, Adult
ratings_count: 175
places: England
publisher: Oxford University Press