《斑斓阅读·外研社英汉双语百科书系：盎格鲁-撒克逊简史》是一个唯有战争与野蛮的忠诚的时代，还是一个令人惊叹的秩序井然的社会？国王们的沉浮缘何如此迅速？异教与耶稣基督的较量，谁将最终获胜？罗马帝国崩溃后的盎格鲁-撒克逊时代是英国历史的十字路口，是英格兰社会发生全方位剧烈变革的时代。本书从政治、经济、宗教、文化、律法等各方面对约6个世纪的盎格鲁-撒克逊时代进行了翔实而透彻的剖析，展现了盎格鲁-撒克逊人富有创造性的成就及对未来英国发展的影响。
England in the early eighth century was a more sophisticated place thanithad been in the early seventh. A united English kingdom was still faraway, but the English were now starting to become aware ofthemselves as an ethnic and cultural unity. Bede may have felt this morekeenly than anyone: it is easy to forget how significant is the very title ofhis greatest work, The Ecclesiastical History of the English People. It wasbecause he saw the common destiny of his race fulfilled in the unitedEnglish Church that he could think of an English people. But are thereany signs that secular government was also becoming morecomprehensive？ This is a hard question to answer, not least becausethere are more sources. On the one hand, institutions and conceptswhich show the strong side of eighth-century kingship may not be new,but merely recorded for the first time. On the other hand, the dynasticturmoils which show its weak side may not be new either: it is likely thatBede and his contemporaries glossed over such matters. This at leastcan be said: the eighth-century Mercian kings wielded as much militarypower as earlier over-kings; and they lived in a world of greater literacyand legality, of more firmly entrenched rights, which made their powermore stable and more capable of development.
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绪论
第一章 英格兰人集居地
第二章 七世纪
第三章 基督教与修道院文化
第四章 麦西亚霸权
第五章 维京人的入侵与韦塞斯王室的兴起
第六章 艾特尔雷德与克努特：英格兰君主制的衰落
第七章 盎格鲁-撒克逊王朝的终结
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