The Earls of Mercia Lordship and Power in Late Anglo-Saxon England |
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| Author:
| Baxter, Stephen |
| Series title: | Oxford Historical Monographs |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-923098-3 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2007 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $324.50AUD $407.00 |
Book Description:
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This book offers a fresh interpretation of power structures and political patterns in late Anglo-Saxon England. It focuses on the family of Ealdorman Leofwine, which obtained power in Mercia and retained it throughout an extraordinary period of political and dynastic upheaval between 994 and 1071. Exploring why this family retained its position for so long, Stephen Baxter reassesses of some fundamental elements of the late Anglo-Saxon government and society, reinterpreting the...
More DescriptionThis book offers a fresh interpretation of power structures and political patterns in late Anglo-Saxon England. It focuses on the family of Ealdorman Leofwine, which obtained power in Mercia and retained it throughout an extraordinary period of political and dynastic upheaval between 994 and 1071. Exploring why this family retained its position for so long, Stephen Baxter reassesses of some fundamental elements of the late Anglo-Saxon government and society, reinterpreting the structure of the late Anglo-Saxon polity, and of the origins of the Norman Conquest.