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Kingship and Government in Pre-Conquest England c.500–1066

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  • © 1999

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Authors:
  1. Ann Williams

    1. Wanstead, UK

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  • A comprehensive reassessment of the exercise of royal authority in England before the Norman Conquest
    Concerned with 'government in action' rather than being a description of administrative institutions

Part of the book series: British History in Perspective (BHP)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvii
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  2. Through a Glass Darkly: The Origins of English Kingship

    • Ann Williams
    Pages 1-13

  3. The Time of the Warlords

    • Ann Williams
    Pages 14-21

  4. The Shadow of Mercia

    • Ann Williams
    Pages 22-31

  5. Strategies of Power

    • Ann Williams
    Pages 32-48

  6. All the King’s Men

    • Ann Williams
    Pages 49-64

  7. Out of the North: The Impact of the Vikings

    • Ann Williams
    Pages 65-80

  8. The Making of England

    • Ann Williams
    Pages 81-96

  9. Rule and Conflict, 978–1066

    • Ann Williams
    Pages 97-106

  10. The Ill-Counselled King

    • Ann Williams
    Pages 107-122

  11. The Danish Conquest

    • Ann Williams
    Pages 123-136

  12. Authority and Ambition, 1042–66

    • Ann Williams
    Pages 137-150

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 151-243
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About this book

This book is a study of the exercise of royal authority before the Norman Conquest. Six centuries separate the 'adventus Saxonum' from the battle of Hastings: during those long years, the English kings changed from warlords, who exacted submission by force, into law-givers to whom obedience was a moral duty. In the process, they created many of the administrative institutes which continued to serve their successors. They also created England: the united kingdom of the English people.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Wanstead, UK

    Ann Williams

About the author

ANN WILLIAMS is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of East Anglia.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Kingship and Government in Pre-Conquest England c.500–1066

  • Authors: Ann Williams

  • Series Title: British History in Perspective

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-27454-3

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Ann Williams 1999

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-56797-5Due: 28 April 1999

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXVII, 243

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: History of Britain and Ireland

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