The Anglo-Saxon State by James Campbell
The power, sophisitcation, unity and wealth of the late Anglo-Saxon state have long been underestimated. The shadow of defeatin 1066, and an assumption that the Normans brought about strong government and a unification that had not previously been there, has prevented many of the remarkable features of Anglo-Saxon society from being seen. In The Anglo-Saxon State James Campbell shows how strong, unified and well-governed Anglo-Saxon England was and how numerous and wealthy its inhabitants were. Late Anglo-Saxon England was also a country with a political class considerably wider than just the earls and thegns. William Stubb's vision of Anglo-Saxon England as a country with real representative institutions may indeed be truer than that of his denigrators. James Campbell's work demands the re-thinking of Anglo-Saxon history.
Title mention in History Today, May 2009
In 1951, James Campbell was born in Glasgow. He was the editor of the New Edinburgh Review from 1978 to 1982, and he now works for the Times Literary Supplement. His biography of James Baldwin will be released soon.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781852851767 |
| ISBN 10 | 1852851767 |
| Title | The Anglo-Saxon State |
| Author | James Campbell |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 1999-07-01 |
| Number of pages | 252 |
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