• Most comprehensive and authoritative short guide to the Anglo-Saxon age
• Highly acclaimed text, first published in The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain
• Revised and updated for this edition
• Indispensable for students and general readers

First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, John Blair's Very Short Introduction to the Anglo-Saxon Age covers the emergence of the earliest English settlements to the Norman victory in 1066. This book is a brief introduction to the political, social, religious, and cultural history of Anglo-Saxon England.