The English Conquest: Gildas and Britain in the Fifth Century by Nicholas J. Higham

The English Conquest: Gildas and Britain in the Fifth Century

Origins of England #1

Nicholas J. Higham

220 pages • first pub 1994 (view editions)

nonfiction informative reflective slow-paced
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This is a re-interpretation of the events from 400 to 500 AD when the Saxons took over a large part of Britain, and came to dominate both the language and material culture of its lowland heartland. The writings of Gildas, who wrote the near contem...

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