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Contents 6 List of Figures and Tables 8 Preface 14 Abbreviations 18 1. Anglo-Saxon civil defence: theory and historical context 20 Introduction: Why Study Civil Defence? 20 A Place for Civil Defence in State-Formation Theory 27 Previous Work 31 Historical Overview 34 Beyond the Burghal Hidage 49 Terminology 56 2. Characterizing Anglo-Saxon civil defence (Fortifications) 62 Introduction: Archaeological Correlates for Militarism 62 Middle Anglo-Saxon Defensive Sites 68 Archaeological Evidence for Burghal Hidage Sites 83 Naming Anglo-Saxon Strongholds 109 Minor Defended Sites, Burgates, Turriform Churches, and Anglo-Saxon Towers 125 Discussion 136 Conclusions 153 3. Characterising Anglo-Saxon civil defence (Communications) 156 Introduction 156 Infrastructure and Communications 159 Information 198 The Venues of Warfare 218 Discussion 228 4. The Kennet 234 Introduction 234 Defensive Sites of the Kennet Region 244 Roads and Intervisibility 268 Discussion 281 5. Connections and Obstructions: The Thames in Anglo-Saxon Military Strategy 288 Introduction 288 The Strategic Landscape of the Thames 300 Discussion 341 Conclusion: The Development of the Thames System 346 6. The defence of Kent 3

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Author

Baker, John T.;Brookes, Stuart

Publisher

Brill

Published

2013

Language

EN

Category

nonfiction