Northumbria, 5001100
Subtitle: Creation and Destruction of a Kingdom
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: September 10, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 367
ISBN-13: 9780521041027
Subjects: British & Irish history: c 500 to c 1000; Philosophy; History - General History; Northumberland; Europe - Great Britain - General; History / Great Britain; Philosophy / General; General
First sentence: The early middle ages also offer a rich field for studying the origins of political structures and the ideologies which underpinned them, for the kingdoms which succeeded to the Roman Empire in the west were in important respects new political structures - even the office of king as it emerged in these centuries was a new one, and had certainly not been in general use amongst the Romans.