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Origins of the Anglo-Saxons by Ann Hagen, Donald Henson (Paperback, 2010)
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By the 4th century AD Britain was witnessing the break down of Roman identity and by the mid-6th century a number of kingdoms had been created which paved the way for the Germanic take-over. Frustrated with other studies of the origins of the Anglo-Saxons which, Donald Henson argues, are generally over-reliant on archaeological sources and social theories of change taken from prehistory, share a lack of objectivity and have tended to polarise the debate regarding this period, he presents his interpretation of the origins and formation of Anglo-Saxon identity and ideas of nationhood. Drawing on sources and ideas from archaeology, social anthropology, sociology, history, language and literature, his study is a thematic examination of ethnic markers rather than a history of events. In studying ethnic markers such as kinship, origins, name, land, language, religion, material culture, myths and legends, and social and political structures, he examines what happened to ethnic identity after the withdrawal of the Romans and attempts to reconcile the importance of continental connections and migrations on the one hand and the desire to hold on to existing ethnic markers on the other. A number of subjects and sources are dealt with in more detail in the appendices including a discussion of rulers outside of Britain, early Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, a chronology of Anglo-Saxon material culture, Germanic and British place names, sources on Arthur, a timeline 406-634, and a list of key sources of the period.Product Identifiers
PublisherAnglo-Saxon Books
ISBN-139781898281573
eBay Product ID (ePID)97757002
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Number of Pages296 Pages
Publication NameOrigins of the Anglo-Saxons
LanguageEnglish
SubjectHistory
Publication Year2010
TypeTextbook
AuthorAnn Hagen, Donald Henson
FormatPaperback
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Item Height246 mm
Item Weight635 g
Item Width178 mm
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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorAnn Hagen, Donald Henson
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- 07 Nov, 2019
inaccurate
Liberal and marxist archeologists should keep their politics out of history, this is an anti anglo saxon book, and not even factual.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
