The Making of England: From Rome to Reformation

Purser, Toby

ISBN 10: 1398105066 / ISBN 13: 9781398105065

Published by Amberley Publishing, United Kingdom, 2022

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Making of England: From Rome to Reformation
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing, United Kingdom
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1398105066
• ISBN 13: 9781398105065
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
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Synopsis

The Making of England places the history of early England firmly within the European sphere of influence.

It is intended for a wide but discerning audience drawing upon the latest peer-reviewed multi-disciplinary research and debates from science, archaeology, literature and documentary evidence with an eye on contemporary concerns and perceptions of English history, presented in an accessible manner.

It demonstrates the impact of the continuous continental interaction across the period c410-1534 in the shaping of England, from the early pan-Germanic to the Scandinavian, Norman-French, Angevin and Gascon. Crucially, there was no inevitability in the emergence of a single, unified state in the Anglo-Saxon period and after 1066 the English state was bound to the continental possessions by trade or war; baronial rebellion, not popular demand, led to devolving powers from the Crown via Magna Carta and parliament but this was not part of a manifest destiny of ‘exceptional’ English freedom. Literacy and learning was exclusively Christian, to the detriment of Viking and pagan cultures and achievements, and thus the first historians wrote only from a singular perspective, that of the Christian supremacy. English culture was subsumed into the new Norman hegemony, along with attempts to rewrite or obliterate Welsh, Scottish and Irish history.

This book will make you think again about what it means to be English.

About the Author

Toby Purser holds postgraduate degrees from the Universities of Oxford and Southampton with special interest in medieval England, particularly social and political aspects. He is currently a university lecturer, teaching History of Education, History of Childhood and Heritage, all of which afford him a uniquely different perspective on English history. He has published peer-reviewed articles and textbooks.