Alfred's Wars: Sources and Interpretations of Anglo-Saxon Warfare in the Viking Age
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- ISBN 9781843835691
- Weight: 826g
- Dimensions: 172 x 244mm
- Publication Date: 21 Oct 2010
- Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
- Language: English
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Collection of source material and crucial interpretations, offering a comprehensive guide to Anglo-Saxon warfare.
WINNER: 2012 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Award
The warfare of the late Anglo-Saxon period had momentous consequences for the development of the English state following Alfred the Great's reign. This book provides a comprehensive guide, with extracts in translation from the principal sources for our knowledge, accompanied by the most important interpretations by scholars through the ages, and new introductions by thepresent author. It looks at every aspect of the topic, from land and sea forces to logistics and campaigning, from fortifications and the battlefield to the final peacemaking. In so doing, it highlights the significance of warfareand its organisation for the late Anglo-Saxon state, and the multitude of ways in which it was recorded and remembered.
Dr Ryan Lavelle is Senior Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Winchester.
RYAN LAVELLE is Professor of Early Medieval History in the Department of History at the University of Winchester.
