From Alfred to Henry III 8711272 Author:Christopher Brooke The 400 years covered by this volume saw two Danish invasions and the Norman Conquest of England. Each conquest carried with it extensive political and social changes. Alfred began the work of creating a unified kingdom out of the shambles of the smaller kingdoms that had fallen under Viking raids. The ninth and tenth centuries saw the settlemen... more »t of the Danes and the eleventh the emergence of a strong monarchy under the Danish King Cnut. « less
A volume in the Norton Library History of England. Covers a span of time encompassing the Norman conquest, the English civil war between Stephen and Matilda and the reigns of Henry II, Richard the Lionheart and John.