Medieval History
Ryan Lavelle, Alfred?s Wars: Sources and Interpretations of Anglo-Saxon Warfare in the Viking Age. Woodbridge and Rochester, N.Y.: Boydell Press, 2010.
Reviewed by Tracey-Anne Cooper ([email protected])
Ryan Lavelle?s splendid treatment of the significance and consequences of warfare and its organization for the late Anglo-Saxon state exceeds in scope the somewhat limited expectations set up by the title. This is not a book only concerned with warfare in King Alfred?s time, but about the consequences of that king?s policies from the ninth to the eleventh centuries, as they were shaped by, and responded to, Viking assaults, settlement, renewed assaults and then conquests, as well as warfare with neighboring Celtic and British polities. Lavelle?s book will surely become a go-to-guide for those seeking to represent ?authentic? medieval warfare of the period in all its facets, as well as those who want to authoritatively critique such depictions. READ ON AT MEDIEVALLY SPEAKING
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With apologies for cross-posting, I'd be very grateful if you could draw this to the attention of masters students with interests in medieval local/regional history, as we have a couple of funded PhD studentships at the University of Winchester, closing...
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Medieval History
Tracey-Anne Cooper Reviews Lavelle, Alfred's Wars
Reviewed by Tracey-Anne Cooper ([email protected])
Ryan Lavelle?s splendid treatment of the significance and consequences of warfare and its organization for the late Anglo-Saxon state exceeds in scope the somewhat limited expectations set up by the title. This is not a book only concerned with warfare in King Alfred?s time, but about the consequences of that king?s policies from the ninth to the eleventh centuries, as they were shaped by, and responded to, Viking assaults, settlement, renewed assaults and then conquests, as well as warfare with neighboring Celtic and British polities. Lavelle?s book will surely become a go-to-guide for those seeking to represent ?authentic? medieval warfare of the period in all its facets, as well as those who want to authoritatively critique such depictions. READ ON AT MEDIEVALLY SPEAKING
- Return To Anglo-saxon Government?
Dr Levi Roach writes: Anglo-Saxon government?and specifically assemblies?have received some interesting coverage recently. The self-proclaimed ?Mercian witan? in particular has been promoting the idea that modern democracy needs to return to its ?Anglo-Saxon...
- Ryan Giggs' Super-injunction: The Asnc Perspective
Prof. Simon Keynes, of the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic, University of Cambridge, gives his historical perspective on the 'King Cnut of Football', Ryan Giggs, to the BBC. Read the story here....
- Landscape And Rural Society In North Hampshire In The Middle Ages
With apologies for cross-posting, I'd be very grateful if you could draw this to the attention of masters students with interests in medieval local/regional history, as we have a couple of funded PhD studentships at the University of Winchester, closing...
- News Of The Week
ARCHAEOLOGISTS DIG UP MEDIEVAL ARROW HEAD AT BATTLE ABBEY Dig team finds medieval gateway Bejeweled Anglo-Saxon Burial Suggests Cult Medieval ?head? discovered at dig Medieval brooch unearthed in field Bay could reveal Viking secrets Digs reveal Anglo-Saxon...
- Pratt On Alfred Book
The Political Thought of King Alfred the Great. By David Pratt. Cambridge: CUP. 2007. xvi + 413pp. ISBN 978 0 521 80350 2. Also available as an e-book and in Kindle format. This book is a comprehensive study of political thought at the court of King Alfred...