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ANGLO-SAXON LINCOLNSHIRE (HISTORY OF LINCOLNSHIRE III)

by Peter Sawyer

Published by History Of Lincolnshire Committee. 1st. 1998

Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper. An interpretation of Lincolnshire's history from the collapse of Roman power in the fourth and fifth centuries to the Norman Conquest in the eleventh. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. xv and 289 pages including index.

A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

ISBN: 0902668021
Stock no. 1830235

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Contents

List of Illustrations
Preface and acknowledgements
Note on Terminology, references, and names
CHAPTER I The Evidence
Archaeological evidence
Coins and names
CHAPTER II The Shires and Resources
Fens and Marshes
Communications
Resources
Population and Settlements
Lordships
CHAPTER III Britons and Anglo-Saxons
The end of Roman Rule
The Anglo-Saxon invasions
The Tribal Hidage
CHAPTER IV The Seventh Century
The Struggle for overlord
Conversion and early church organisation
Monastries
Saints
CHAPTER V The Mercian Empire
Bishops and religious communities
Mercian government
CHAPTER VI The First Danish Conquest
Viking raids, conquests, and settlements
Lincolnshire under Scandinavian control
Names and their significance
CHAPTER VII From Edward the Elder to Edward and Confessor
The West Saxon conquest of the Danelaw
Lincolnshire under English rule
The Danes return
The creation of the shire
Ridings, hundreds, and carucates
Earls and sheriffs
CHAPTER VIII The Church in the tenth and eleventh centuries
Ancient shrines and monastic revival: Crowland
Bishops and their changing dioceses
Minsters and parishes
Churches
CHAPTER IX Markets, towns and the economy of the region
Fairs and markets
The effects of the Danish conquestl the revival of Lincoln
Exports
The control of trade
Lincoln
Samford and Torksey
CHAPTER X The Norman Conquest
Rebellions and confiscations
Old lordships, new lords
Appendices
Bibliography
Index

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