Profusely illustrated throughout with magnificent full color photography, "Armies of Anglo-Saxon England 410-1066: History, Organization and Equipment" is informatively enhanced for the reader with the inclusion of n informative Introduction, a four page Bibliography, a six page listing of The Reenactor Contributors, and a one page Index. Impressive, informative, exceptional in organization and presentation, "Armies of Anglo-Saxon England 410-1066: History, Organization and Equipment" is unreservedly recommended for personal, professional, community, and academic library British Medieval Military History collections and supplemental curriculum studies lists.
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Midwest Book Review
Profusely illustrated throughout with magnificent full color photography, "Armies of Anglo-Saxon England 410-1066: History, Organization and Equipment" is informatively enhanced for the reader with the inclusion of n informative Introduction, a four page Bibliography, a six page listing of The Reenactor Contributors, and a one page Index. Impressive, informative, exceptional in organization and presentation, "Armies of Anglo-Saxon England 410-1066: History, Organization and Equipment" is unreservedly recommended for personal, professional, community, and academic library British Medieval Military History collections and supplemental curriculum studies lists.
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Midwest Book Review
Mr. Tony Sullivan has produced a very serviceable history of early England. Pen and Sword continue to put out quality products by authors who are passionate about their subjects.
NetGalley, CASPER HILEMAN
Mr. Tony Sullivan has produced a very serviceable history of early England. Pen and Sword continue to put out quality products by authors who are passionate about their subjects.
NetGalley, CASPER HILEMAN
Most of the chapters focus on political and military history, the campaigns, battles and sieges, but there is considerable information about the building of fortifications (the burhs) and towns which were essential to the military organization, tactics and strategy employed so successfully. The Notes are interesting and the Bibliography excellent. A complicated period of history fully explored in an absorbing narrative which incorporates the latest theories and archaeological evidence. An essential read for anyone truly interested in Anglo-Saxon history.
Norfolk Family History Society - 'The Ancestor' magazine
Most of the chapters focus on political and military history, the campaigns, battles and sieges, but there is considerable information about the building of fortifications (the burhs) and towns which were essential to the military organization, tactics and strategy employed so successfully. The Notes are interesting and the Bibliography excellent. A complicated period of history fully explored in an absorbing narrative which incorporates the latest theories and archaeological evidence. An essential read for anyone truly interested in Anglo-Saxon history.
Norfolk Family History Society - 'The Ancestor' magazine
Paul Hill is a writer at home and in love with his subject. He has produced another interesting and enjoyable book which offers a fascinating and thorough account of all aspects of warfare in the time of the great Anglo-Saxon kings, their wars against each other, the Danes and the Vikings. He uses documentary records, the Bayeux Tapestry and the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, poems and ballads plus a growing body of archaeological evidence to answer the pertinent questions – Why did the Saxons go to war, so often over such a long period of time? How were warriors trained and armed? How were armies organized? How did they fight, what were the weapons used, what was close combat really like? The text is well written and easy to follow, organized by topic with a handy Index so that the reader can dip in and out depending on whatever interests one at the time. It provides a detailed and graphic account of the conduct of war in the Anglo-Saxon world during three unstable, violent centuries which.. Read more
Norfolk Family History Society - 'The Ancestor' magazine
Paul Hill is a writer at home and in love with his subject. He has produced another interesting and enjoyable book which offers a fascinating and thorough account of all aspects of warfare in the time of the great Anglo-Saxon kings, their wars against each other, the Danes and the Vikings. He uses documentary records, the Bayeux Tapestry and the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, poems and ballads plus a growing body of archaeological evidence to answer the pertinent questions – Why did the Saxons go to war, so often over such a long period of time? How were warriors trained and armed? How were armies organized? How did they fight, what were the weapons used, what was close combat really like? The text is well written and easy to follow, organized by topic with a handy Index so that the reader can dip in and out depending on whatever interests one at the time. It provides a detailed and graphic account of the conduct of war in the Anglo-Saxon world during three unstable, violent centuries which.. Read more
Norfolk Family History Society - 'The Ancestor' magazine
