The Origins of Suffolk (Origins of the Shire)

by Peter Warner

Paperback, 1996

Status

Available

Call number

942.64

Collection

Publication

Manchester University Press (1996), Paperback, 241 pages

Description

Suffolk, the county of the Sutton Hoo and Mildenhall treasures and the core of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of East Anglia, has a particularly resonant ancient and medieval past. This copiously illustrated book covers the history and archaeology of the county from the time of the first farmers to the coming of the Normans.

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LibraryThing member TheoClarke
Warner's brief county history of Suffolk up to early medieval times summarises the county's archaeological developments during the last quarter of the twentieth century in a succinct readable style. Starting with the underlying geology, examining early agricultural patterns and moving through the
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Iron Age, Romans, Anglo-Saxons and Normans to an analysis of the Domesday Book records, Warner's study compares favourably with Williamson's sister volume about Norfolk. Perhaps inevitably, given the glory of Sutton Hoo, the Anglo-Saxons get particular prominence in this journey but the Roman treasure of Mildenhall is also covered in detail. THe book forms an admirable survey of the early human past of Suffolk.
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Physical description

241 p.; 8.54 inches

ISBN

0719038170 / 9780719038174
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