{"product_id":"the-anglosaxons-the-making-of-england-4101066-9781643133126","title":"The Anglo-Saxons: The Making of England: 410-1066","description":"\u003cp\u003eA definitive and ground-breaking history of the Anglo-Saxons by national bestselling author Marc Morris. Sixteen hundred years ago  Britain parted company with Europe. As the Roman legions withdrew  the economy that had supported them collapsed. A world that had been peaceful  prosperous  and predictable became dangerously insecure. Rich and poor huddled together for protection in ancient hill-forts  unoccupied since the Iron Age. Learning and literacy were lost; it is no exaggeration to call this a Dark Age.  Into this ruined world came a new peopleforeigners from beyond the Empires northern frontier  collectively known as the Anglo-Saxons. Some were warriors  drawn into the internecine struggles between Britains new tribal rulers. Most were economic migrants  in search of land to farm and a happier future. Arriving on the shores of southern and eastern Britain  in the centuries that followed they spread northwards and westwards  eventually occupying every lowland part of the island  and in the process they gradually built a new civilization.  The Anglo-Saxons is a quest for the Englands origins. It takes us from an alien world of slaves  temples  villas  druids and amphorae  to a familiar landscape of shires and boroughs; from the worship of vanished gods like Thor and Woden to the veneration of saints who are still well-known; from a population who spoke Latin and Celtic to one whose language was recognizably the ancestor of the English that is spoken today.  Marc Morriss invigorating narrative asks what we can really know of life in this lost age  and tackles controversial questions: Did the Anglo-Saxons drive the Romano-British into the fringes of the island  as traditional argued  or peacefully absorb them  as revisionist historians claim? It also explores the later legends that arose to fill the void  such as what truth is there  if any  in the tales of a British resistance led by a hero called Arthur? 16 pages of color illustrations\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45529670189109,"sku":"ByrdShop_1643133128","price":253.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781643133126.jpg?v=1780941190","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-anglosaxons-the-making-of-england-4101066-9781643133126","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}