Early Wars of Wessex : Being Studies from England's School of Arms in the West (Paperback)

Part 1. The Founding and Rise of Wessex: 1. The founding of the kingdom, 495 to 519 AD; 2. Cerdic to Kenwealh 519 to 643 AD; 3. The Frontier between Wessex and Dyvnaint; 4. The wars of Kenwealh 643 to 672 AD; 5. The wars of Kentwine 676 to 686 AD; 6. The wars of Ine 688 to 710 AD; 7. The final stages of the conquest of Dyvnaint 710 to 822 AD; 8. Summary. The wider influence of local struggles; Part 2. Wessex and the Danes: 1. The earliest westward adventurers; 2. The Danes in North Somerset; 3. The Invasions in the ninth century; 4. The invasions in the tenth and eleventh centuries; Part 3. The Wessex Campaigns of 876-7 AD: 1. The taking of Wareham and Exeter; 2. Twelfth night to Whitsuntide, 878 AD; 3. The battle of Ethandun, and the peace; 4. The place-names of the campaign; 5. The landing of Hubba; 6. The fortress of the siege; Appendices; Index.