The Kings of Wessex : From Cerdic to Alfred, Michael John Key

The Kings of Wessex : From Cerdic to Alfred, Michael John KeyNew Hardback This is a history of the kingdom of Wessex told through its more than twenty regnal kings, from its early foundations under Cerdic circa 500 to its apogee in 886 under Alfred the Great. Its roots are traced to the migration of Germanic tribes in the fifth century, with two of these tribes, the West Saxons of Hampshire and the Gewisse of the Upper Thames Valley, eventually uniting to form what would become the kingdom of Wessex. We move

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