Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 480 pages) : illustrations |
Series |
History of warfare ; v. 84 |
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History of warfare ; v. 84.
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Contents |
List of Figures and Tables; Preface; Abbreviations; 1. Anglo-Saxon civil defence: theory and historical context; Introduction: Why Study Civil Defence?; A Place for Civil Defence in State-Formation Theory ; Previous Work; Historical Overview; Beyond the Burghal Hidage; Terminology; 2. Characterizing Anglo-Saxon civil defence (Fortifications); Introduction: Archaeological Correlates for Militarism; Middle Anglo-Saxon Defensive Sites; Archaeological Evidence for Burghal Hidage Sites; Naming Anglo-Saxon Strongholds |
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Minor Defended Sites, Burgates, Turriform Churches, and Anglo-Saxon TowersDiscussion; Conclusions; 3. Characterising Anglo-Saxon civil defence (Communications); Introduction; Infrastructure and Communications; Information; The Venues of Warfare; Discussion; 4. The Kennet; Introduction; Defensive Sites of the Kennet Region; Roads and Intervisibility; Discussion; 5. Connections and Obstructions: The Thames in Anglo-Saxon Military Strategy; Introduction; The Strategic Landscape of the Thames; Discussion; Conclusion: The Development of the Thames System; 6. The defence of Kent; Introduction |
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The Evidence for Civil DefenceDiscussion; Conclusions and Wider Implications; 7. Civil defence and the English State, 800-1016; Introduction; Civil Defence: Strategy, Territoriality, and Royal Authority; Wider Implications; Bibliography; Index |
Summary |
Beyond the Burghal Hidage takes the study of Anglo-Saxon civil defence away from traditional historical and archaeological fields, and uses a groundbreaking interdisciplinary approach to examine warfare and public responses to organised violence through their impact on the landscape |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Anglo-Saxons -- England -- Antiquities
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Anglo-Saxons -- England -- History
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Fortification -- England -- History -- To 1500
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Civil defense -- England -- History -- To 1500
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Boroughs -- England -- History -- To 1500
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Hidage -- History -- To 1500
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Landscapes -- England -- History -- To 1500
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Names, Geographical -- England
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Landscape archaeology -- England
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain.
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Anglo-Saxons
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Anglo-Saxons -- Antiquities
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Boroughs
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Civil defense
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Fortification
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Hidage
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Landscape archaeology
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Landscapes
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Names, Geographical
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SUBJECT |
England -- History, Military
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Subject |
England
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Genre/Form |
History
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Military history
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Brookes, Stuart.
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LC no. |
2012049302 |
ISBN |
9004246053 |
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9789004246058 |
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