WorldCat Linked Data Explorer

Turtle N-Triple JSON-LD RDF/XML HTML Contact Us Home

http://worldcat.org/entity/work/id/57718623

A Brief History of the Anglo-Saxons

Running from about AD 400 to the 1100s, this book shows the Anglo-Saxons as formative in the history of England and Europe. The society, inspired by the world of the Old English poem "Beowulf", saw England become the first European country to conduct its affairs in its own language, and Bede and Boniface of Wessex establish the dating convention.

Open All Close All

type

about

alternateName

http://schema.org/alternateName

  • "Anglo-Saxons"
  • "Anglo-Saxons"@en

author

creator

description

http://schema.org/description

  • "Running from about AD 400 to the 1100s, this book shows the Anglo-Saxons as formative in the history of England and Europe. The society, inspired by the world of the Old English poem "Beowulf", saw England become the first European country to conduct its affairs in its own language, and Bede and Boniface of Wessex establish the dating convention."@en
  • "Starting AD 400 (around the time of their invasion of England) and running through to the 1100s (the 'Aftermath'), historian Geoffrey Hindley shows the Anglo-Saxons as formative in the history not only of England but also of Europe. The society inspired by the warrior world of the Old English poem Beowulf saw England become the world's first nation state and Europe's first country to conduct affairs in its own language, and Bede and Boniface of Wessex establish the dating convention we still use today. Including all the latest research, this is a fascinating assessment of a vital histo."@en

genre

http://schema.org/genre

  • "History"@en
  • "Electronic books"@en

name

http://schema.org/name

  • "A brief history of the Anglo-Saxons : [the beginnings of the English nation]"
  • "A Brief History of the Anglo-Saxons"@en
  • "A brief history of the Anglo-Saxons"
  • "A brief history of the Anglo-Saxons"@en

workExample