Warriors, warlords and saints
Subtitle: the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia
By: John Hunt
Publisher: West Midlands History Limited
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Warwickshire
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781905036318; 9781905036301
Subjects: Civilization, Anglo-Saxon; History; Civilisation anglo-saxonne; HISTORY
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter One Introduction: Mercia and its People; 1.1 Place-Names and the Anglo-Saxons; Chapter Two The Origins of Mercia; Chapter Three The Kingdom Builders; 3.1 Warriors and Warbands; 3.2 Mercia and the Staffordshire Hoard; Chapter Four Kings, Monks and Saints: the Making of a Christian Kingdom; 4.1 Mercia and the Saints: Presenting Relics; Chapter Five The Age of Æthelbald and Offa; 5.1 Coins, Kings and Trade; Chapter Six Court, Church and Country: Mercian Kingship at Work; 6.1 Offa's Dyke; Chapter Seven Merchants, Markets and the Carolingians; title: 7.1 Lundenwic: the Mercian EntrepôtChapter Eight Art and Society in Anglo-Saxon Mercia; 8.1 The Lichfield Gospels (Gospels of Saint Chad); Chapter Nine The Vineyard of the Lord Devoured by Foxes: a Changing World; 9.1 Repton and the Vikings; Chapter Ten Mercia, Wessex and the Vikings; 10.1 The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Mercian Identity and the Mercian Register; Chapter Eleven People and Settlement in Anglo-Saxon Mercia; 11.1 Manorial Sites; title: New Directions; Chapter Twelve Magnates, Earls and Earldom: a Tale of Two Families; End Notes; Glossary; Further Reading; Index