"Here lies our leader all cut down, the valiant man in the dust." The elegiac words of the Battle of Maldon, an epic poem written to celebrate the bravery of an English army defeated by Viking raiders in 991. They emerge from a diverse literature-including Beowulf and Bede's Ecclesiastical History-produced by the peoples known as the Anglo-Saxons: Germanic tribes who migrated to Britain from Lower Saxony and Denmark in the early fifth century CE. The era once known as the 'Dark Ages' was marked by stunning cultural advances. Here, Henrietta Leyser offers a fresh analysis of exciting recent discoveries made in the archaeology and art of the Anglo-Saxon world. Arguing that the desperate struggle (led by Alfred the Great) against the Vikings helped define a distinctively English sensibility. The author explores relations with the indigenous British, the Anglo-Saxon conversion to Christianity, the ascendancy of Mercia, and the rise of Wessex. This vivid history evokes both the emergent kingdoms of Alfred and Offa, and the golden treasures of Sutton Hoo. It will appeal to students of early medieval history and to all those who wish to understand how England was born.

Product Description: A guide to the remains of Bede's England Written by the Oxford historian Henrietta Leyser, Bede's England is a gazetteer to the remaining Anglo-Saxon ruins in England, many of them from the time of the Venerable Bede. This is an invaluable window onto the world of the author of the Ecclesiastical History of the English People...read more

Product Description: A guide to the remains of Bede's England Written by the Oxford historian Henrietta Leyser, Bede's England is a gazetteer to the remaining Anglo-Saxon ruins in England, many of them from the time of the Venerable Bede. This is an invaluable window onto the world of the author of the Ecclesiastical History of the English People...read more

Product Description: Book by Leyser, Henrietta

Product Description: Samuel Fanous and Henrietta Leyser present a vivid interdisciplinary study devoted to the life, work and extant vita of Christina of Markyate, which draws on research from a wide range of disciplines. This fascinating and comprehensive collection surveys the life of an extraordinary medieval woman...read more

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Medieval Women looks at a thousand years of English history, as it affected - and was made by - women. It celebrates the diversity and vitality of English women's lives in the Middle Ages and rescues them from the shadows cast by those fathers of English history, Victorian patriarchs.

Product Description: Part of a series for lower secondary history courses, this volume looks at the role of women in the Middle Ages from Anglo-Saxon times to the 14th century.