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Charles Thomas.
Britain and Ireland in Early Christian Times, AD 400-800.
Publisher: BCA, n.d. (book club reissue, reprints the 1971 Thames and Hudson edn.)
Series: Libary of Medieval Civilization.
[No ISBN].
Binding: hardback, stitch bound.
Printer: not stated.
Size: 151x216x18mm.
Page count: 144pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair: the dustjacket on this copy is yellowed with and rather ragged; boards & spine rather blotchy; some foxing on the pages throughout; text appears to be free of marking.

This item £2.50
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(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

Weight without packaging: 391g.

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Contents:
1. The end of Roman Britain: Legions depart; Sub-Roman times; Native principalities; Host of tongues;
2. Invaders & colonists: Hengist & Horsa; Arthur & Mt. Badon; Painted men in the north; The 1st Scots; Irishmen in Mann & Wales; Far south-west; To Armorica & beyond;
3. Christianity: The Church in Roman Britain; Bishops & dioceses; Ninian & Patrick; First monasteries; St. Augustine at Canterbury; Northumbria's golden age; Christian dead;
4. Home & hearth: Fortress & citadel; Lesser dwellings; Farmers & stockbreeders; Men of special gifts; Warriors & mercenaries.

Notes: no
Tables: no
Illustrations: 95 (11 pages are mostly colour, the rest monochrome)
Maps & plans: 15
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 4pp
Index: yes

See also | Anglo-Saxon studies | Ireland |
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