Warriors, Warlords and Saints
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Warriors, Warlords and Saints

The Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Mercia

  1. 172 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Warriors, Warlords and Saints

The Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Mercia

About this book

Anglo-Saxon Mercia was a great power in its day, although many aspects of it have been shrouded in myth and mystery. However, recent discoveries, such as the Staffordshire Hoard and the Lichfield Angel, have shone a fascinating light into the world of Mercia and the Mercians.In Warriors, Warlords and Saints: The Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Mercia, author John Hunt uses this evidence to paint a vivid picture of this political and cultural powerhouse which, at the height of its influence, ruled over much of England, and reached out across Europe into the Middle East.The Mercians themselves were complex. They were a force capable of both great violence and great art, fostering the embryonic English Church and yet fighting bloody wars with the rival kingdoms of Wessex, Northumbria and East Anglia.The story of the Mercians is integral to the story of Anglo-Saxon England, from the end of Roman rule to the Norman invasion. It was a land peopled by ruthless kings, great ladies, brave warriors and famous saints who lived at a vital and compelling time in English history with Mercia at its heart.

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Table of contents

  1. Preface
  2. Acknowledgements
  3. Chapter One Introduction: Mercia and its People
  4. 1.1 Place-Names and the Anglo-Saxons
  5. Chapter Two The Origins of Mercia
  6. Chapter Three The Kingdom Builders
  7. 3.1 Warriors and Warbands
  8. 3.2 Mercia and the Staffordshire Hoard
  9. Chapter Four Kings, Monks and Saints: the Making of a Christian Kingdom
  10. 4.1 Mercia and the Saints: Presenting Relics
  11. Chapter Five The Age of Æthelbald and Offa
  12. 5.1 Coins, Kings and Trade
  13. Chapter Six Court, Church and Country: Mercian Kingship at Work
  14. 6.1 Offa’s Dyke
  15. Chapter Seven Merchants, Markets and the Carolingians
  16. 7.1 Lundenwic: the Mercian Entrepôt
  17. Chapter Eight Art and Society in Anglo-Saxon Mercia
  18. 8.1 The Lichfield Gospels (Gospels of Saint Chad)
  19. Chapter Nine The Vineyard of the Lord Devoured by Foxes: a Changing World
  20. 9.1 Repton and the Vikings
  21. Chapter Ten Mercia, Wessex and the Vikings
  22. 10.1 The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Mercian Identity and the Mercian Register
  23. Chapter Eleven People and Settlement in Anglo-Saxon Mercia
  24. 11.1 Manorial Sites – New Directions
  25. Chapter Twelve Magnates, Earls and Earldom: a Tale of Two Families
  26. End Notes
  27. Glossary
  28. Further Reading
  29. Index