As the title suggests, Beyond the Burghal Hidage takes the study of Anglo-Saxon civil defence away from traditional historical and archaeological fields, and uses a groundbreaking interdisciplinary approach to examine warfare and public responses to organised violence through their impact on the landscape. By bringing together the evidence from a wide range of archaeological, onomastic and historical sources, the authors are able to reconstruct complex strategic and military landscapes, and to show how important detailed knowledge of early medieval infrastructure and communications is to our understanding of Anglo-Saxon preparedness for war, and to the situating of major defensive works within their wider strategic context. The result is a significant and far-reaching re-evaluation of the evolution of late Anglo-Saxon defensive arrangements.
Winner of the 2013 Verbruggen prize, given annually by De Re Militari society for the best book on medieval military history.
- ISBN10 9004245634
- ISBN13 9789004245631
- Publish Date 8 March 2013 (first published 1 January 2013)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country NL
- Imprint Brill
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 480
- Language English
- URL brill.com/product_id56878