Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Lindsey
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Lindsey was a small Anglo-Saxon Kingdom that lay to the south of the Humber Estuary in what is now northern Lincolnshire. Though long neglected, over the last 50 years Lindsey has emerged from its own 'dark age' to reappear as an Anglo-Saxon Kingdom, never powerful, usually on the edge of great events, but highly prosperous and sophisticated. Drawing on the evidence of cemeteries, settlements, finds, churches and place names, the author charts the Anglo-Saxon takeover to one of the richest areas in Roman Britain, the flourishing Christian culture of the eighth and ninth centuries, and then the Viking invasion of 877.
KEVIN LEAHY is currently Principal Keeper for Archaeology and natural Science at the North Lincolnshire Museum. he has published many articles on both the Anglo-Saxon and Vikings periods and this is his first full-length book.