The Oxford History of England. The English Settlements.

Great Britain: Clarendon Press, 1987. This entirely new work is the last volume to be published in the Oxford History of England, and replaces J. N. L. Myre's own part of the first volume in the series, Roman Britain and the English Settlements - the classic 'Collingwood and Myres'. The author returns to the subject of his earlier contribution - the dark centuries of English history between the collapse of Roman rule in the early fifth century and the emergence of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom in the seventh - but considers the period afresh in the light of the rapid proliferation of work on the subject in the half-century since the first volume was published. Much new evidence on the literary sources, on the archaeological evidence both in England and on the continents, and on place names and other linguistic developments has led to significant chances in emphasis: Dr. Myres now draws attention to some little-understood factors which seem to link Roman Britain with Anglo-Saxon England, and so suggest strands of political and social continuity which may help to explain this complex and traumatic period of our history. 248 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.). Reprint. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardback.