Table of Contents

Introduction
1: The Nature of the Evidence; The Literary Sources
2: Archaeology and Place-Names
3: The Continental Background
4: The Romano-British Background and the Saxon Shore
5: Saxons, Angles, and Jutes on the Saxon Shore
6: Formation of Wessex
7: The Humbrenses and the North
8: Change and Decay
Addenda; Appendices; Bibliography; Index

About the Author

Dr J. N. L. Myres (1902-89) was formerly Honorary Student of Christ Church and Bodley's Librarian at the University of Oxford.

Reviews

Our Dark Age is still murky ... This learned book is the best introductory torch available The Times He is the foremost authority on the subject and presents a fascinating concentration of evidence, much of which remains enigmatic. Anthony Powell Let us salute the author with ... congratulations on the achievement of this interpretation of a remarkable lifetime's work TLS