"Drawing on historical documents, legends, archeology and literature, this history describes the disintegration of Roman Britain that reached a climax in the decades after the Britons overthrew Constantine's government and were refused Roman rule. This study synthesizes advances in post-Roman studies since Leslie Alcock's 1971 classic Arthur's Britain"--
"Drawing on historical documents, legends, archeology and literature, this history describes the disintegration of Roman Britain that reached a climax in the decades after the Britons overthrew Constantine's government and were refused Roman rule. This study synthesizes advances in post-Roman studies since Leslie Alcock's 1971 classic Arthur's Britain"--Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Flint F. Johnson is an independent scholar whose academic areas of interest include post-Roman British history, Heroic Age Greek and Norse history, and the cultures existing before the first river valley civilizations. He lives in Hudson, Wisconsin.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction Interpretations and Sources 1. A Political History 2. The Evidence: Roman Sources 3. The Evidence: Native Sources 4. The Evidence: The Northern Memorandum and the Kentish Source Britannia 5. Roman Society 6. Britain: 367-410 7. Picts, Irish and the Germanic Raiders 410 Through the Early Sixth Century 8. The Romano-Britons 9. The Germanic Foederati in the Fifth Century 10. The Irish in the Fifth Century 11. The Picts 12. The Rise of British Kingships 13. Heroic Age Politico-Economic Dynamics 14. The Early Kings 15. The Germanic-Controlled Territories Sixth Century Celtic Kingships 16. Growing Pains of British Kingship 17. The New Economic System 18. Arthur 19. 530-600: An Expanding View 20. Rhun son of Maelgwn 21. Battle of Arfderyð 22. Urien's Alliance and Y Gododdin 23. Gwrtheyrn 24. 530-580: The Setting for the Rise of Germanic Kingships 25. 550-575: Columban Dal Riata 26. The Decline of the British Kingdoms Rise of the Germanic Kingships: Late Sixth Century to 27. Germanic Kingship 28. The Southumbrian Theater 29. The Northumbrian Theater 30. Between the Thames and the Humber 31. An Interwoven History: 600-664 Religion in Post-Roman Britain 32. The Age of Saints 33. Religion as a Political Tool 34. Native Religions 35. The Dark Ages Appendix: The Vortigern Figure Chronology: 367-664 Glossary Guide to Period Sources Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction Interpretations and Sources 1. A Political History 2. The Evidence: Roman Sources 3. The Evidence: Native Sources 4. The Evidence: The Northern Memorandum and the Kentish Source Britannia 5. Roman Society 6. Britain: 367-410 7. Picts, Irish and the Germanic Raiders 410 Through the Early Sixth Century 8. The Romano-Britons 9. The Germanic Foederati in the Fifth Century 10. The Irish in the Fifth Century 11. The Picts 12. The Rise of British Kingships 13. Heroic Age Politico-Economic Dynamics 14. The Early Kings 15. The Germanic-Controlled Territories Sixth Century Celtic Kingships 16. Growing Pains of British Kingship 17. The New Economic System 18. Arthur 19. 530-600: An Expanding View 20. Rhun son of Maelgwn 21. Battle of Arfderyð 22. Urien's Alliance and Y Gododdin 23. Gwrtheyrn 24. 530-580: The Setting for the Rise of Germanic Kingships 25. 550-575: Columban Dal Riata 26. The Decline of the British Kingdoms Rise of the Germanic Kingships: Late Sixth Century to 27. Germanic Kingship 28. The Southumbrian Theater 29. The Northumbrian Theater 30. Between the Thames and the Humber 31. An Interwoven History: 600-664 Religion in Post-Roman Britain 32. The Age of Saints 33. Religion as a Political Tool 34. Native Religions 35. The Dark Ages Appendix: The Vortigern Figure Chronology: 367-664 Glossary Guide to Period Sources Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
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