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Overview
This book is a study of the exercise of royal authority before the Norman Conquest. Six centuries separate the 'adventus Saxonum' from the battle of Hastings: during those long years, the English kings changed from warlords, who exacted submission by force, into law-givers to whom obedience was a moral duty. In the process, they created many of the administrative institutes which continued to serve their successors. They also created England: the united kingdom of the English people.
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- ISBN-13: 9780333567975
- ISBN-10: 0333567978
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publish Date: April 1999
- Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.63 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.02 pounds
- Page Count: 243
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