This revised edition of the text provides both the student and the specialist with an informative account of post-Roman English society. After a general survey of the main developments from the 4th-century to the 11th, the book offers analysis of: social organization; the changing character of kingship, of royal government and the influence of the church; the history of settlement; the making of the landscape; the growth of towns and trade; and the consequences of the Norman Conquest. The author also considers the various influences; British, Frankish, Viking, and Christian, that helped shape English society and contributed to the making of a united kingdom.