Anglo-SaxonsMarc Morris
Anglo-Saxons
by Marc Morris · first published 2021
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Marc Morris [0] has a new book out in May entitled: The Anglo-Saxons: The Making of England: 410-1066 [1] I'm not a history nerd, but his Norman Conquest book [2] almost turned me. It's more fun than most novels. For a non-academic approach, written by a academic, I…
on “Who did the Anglo-Saxons think they were?” ↗For those interested in a high-level walk through of the Anglo-Saxon period, I highly recommend “The Anglo-Saxons: A History of the Beginnings of England” by Marc Morris. It covers the period from a number of different perspectives, including a clerical/monastic one that is easy to underestimate and ignore with a…
on “Giving Life to Æthelstan” ↗…Perhaps in this can be found the seeds of the desire by the lords for the Magna Carta This is simply not true that William claiming this was somehow new or novel. Lots of kings did this at the time. The Anglo-Saxons by Marc Morris illustrates this well. Further, yes the dark ages were decentralized, but not at all because of the reasons in the piece. They were decentralized because the was an era of incredibly high…
on “Decentralization Hidden in the Dark Ages” ↗