Anglo-Saxon Thegn AD 449–1066
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Anglo-Saxon Thegn AD 449–1066
This volume reveals the development of the Saxon warrior, his weapons, armour, tactics and training and his domination of the British Isles until the Norman conquest of 1066.
The collapse of Roman rule in Britain was not so much a sudden catastrophe as a long and drawn-out decline. The 'Celtic' Britons retreated gradually to the highland areas of Wales, Cornwall and the south-west of Scotland. Control of the fertile eastern lowlands was lost to warriors of Germanic origin who migrated from the Continent.
These Germanic conquerors have become known to history as the 'Anglo-Saxons'. They were to dominate the lowland zone of Britain until their final defeat at Hastings in 1066. Anglo-Saxon Thegn AD 449–1066 gives an insight into the everyday life, equipment, dress, battle tactics and life on campaign of the typical Anglo-Saxon warrior of this period – the thegn.
Series: Warrior
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781855323490
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 25 November 1993
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Osprey Publishing
Illustration: 49 b/w; 12 col
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Gerry Embleton
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 7.0mm
Width: 184.0mm
Height: 248.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 64
About the Author
Mark Harrison was born in Castleford, Yorkshire in 1954 and has a Batchelor's degree in Medieval Studies from Lancaster University. He has worked as a Curator at the Royal Armouries, Tower of London since 1986 and has a strong interest in the early medieval world. He lives in Colchester with his wife and son.
Gerry Embleton has been a leading historical illustrator since the early 1970s specialising in the medieval period, but with a keen interest in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. An illustrator, and author, of a number of Osprey titles he has lived in Switzerland since the early 1980s.
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