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Title: Mercia and the Making of England by Ian W. Walker ISBN: 0-7509-2131-5 Publisher: Sutton Publishing Pub. Date: January, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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Summary: Wessex did not stand alone!
Comment: The history of Anglo-Saxon England is perforce centered on the kingdom of the West Saxons. With the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle's focus on Alfred and the eventual establishment of his dynasty as kings of a unified England, Wessex has taken the spotlight in our understanding of this period of history. However, Wessex did not stand alone against the Danes.
The central English kingdom of Mercia was a major source of support in the effort to re-conquer lands lost to the Danes. While dynastic accidents prevented Mercian royalty from competing for the crown of all England, Mercia was vital to the unification process. The history of this kingdom is represented by a much more limited set of surviving sources when compared to Wessex.
Ian Walker attempts to redress this imbalance by providing a history of the Mercian kingdom. Most of the book focuses on the struggles with the Danes and the emergence of a unified England. Without the co-operation and consent of Mercia, England would not have been formed under the Wessex kings. Of particular interest are the sections on Lord Æthelred of Mercia and his wife Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians. The daughter of Alfred the Great, Æthelflæd's marriage to the ruler of Mercia helped ensure the critical co-operation between the two kingdoms in the darkest days of the Danes' hegemony. Æthelflæd ruled Mercia in her own right for several years after the death of her father and husband - the only instance of a female to have done so in Anglo-Saxon times.
After reviewing the history of kingdom from King Offa of Mercia to King Edgar of England, the book provides two chapters on the composition of Mercian society and the Mercian Church. Mercians in positions of power under Wessex and later English kings are given biographical treatment. A highlight of the book is its consideration of Mercian art in building, sculpture & literature. This is an excellent read and a much needed redress of the paucity of popular works on Anglo-Saxon kingdoms other than Wessex.
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Title: Alfred the Great the King and His England by Eleanor Duckett ISBN: 0226167798 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Pub. Date: June, 1956 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary (Medieval Academy Reprints for Teaching, 14) by John Richard Clark Hall, Herbert D. Meritt, Herbert D. Merritt Sewn ISBN: 0802065481 Publisher: Univ of Toronto Pr Pub. Date: April, 1984 List Price(USD): $20.95 |
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Title: Queen Emma and Queen Edith: Queenship and Women's Power in Eleventh-Century England by Pauline Stafford ISBN: 0631227385 Publisher: Blackwell Publishers Pub. Date: May, 2001 List Price(USD): $31.95 |
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Title: Harold: The Last Anglo-Saxon King by Ian W. Walker ISBN: 0750913886 Publisher: Sutton Pub. Date: August, 1997 List Price(USD): $33.95 |
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Title: An Invitation to Old English and Anglo-Saxon England by Bruce Mitchell ISBN: 0631174362 Publisher: Blackwell Publishers Pub. Date: January, 1995 List Price(USD): $41.95 |
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