The Fortress Kingdom: The Wars of Aethelflaed and Edward the Elder 899-927 Paul Hill

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• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1399010611
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1399010610
• Author: Paul Hill

In this the second part of his four-volume military and political history of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom, Paul Hill follows the careers of Æthelflæd, Alfred the Great’s eldest daughter, and Edward the Elder, Alfred’s eldest son, as they campaigned to expand their rule after Alfred’s death. They faced, as Alfred had done, the full force of Danish hostility during the early years of the tenth century, a period of unrelenting turbulence and open warfare. But through their military strength, in particular their strategy of fortress building, they retained their hold on the kingdom and conquered lands which had been under Danish lords for generations.

Table contents:

PART ONE THE LADY EMERGES
Chapter 1 The Thwarted King
Chapter 2 Ingimund
Chapter 3 Peace
Chapter 4 The Battle of Tettenhall, 5 August 910
Chapter 5 Bremesbyrig
PART TWO THE FORTRESSES OF THE CONQUEST
Chapter 6 How Did a Fortress Work?
Chapter 7 Scergeate 912 (Æthelflæd)
Chapter 8 Bricge 912 (Æthelflæd)
Chapter 9 Hertford 912/13 and Witham 913 (Edward)
Chapter 10 Tamworth and Stafford 913 (Æthelflæd)
Chapter 11 Eddisbury and Warwick 914 (Æthelflæd)
Chapter 12 Buckingham 914 (Edward)
Chapter 13 Chirbury and Weardbyrig 915 (Æthelflæd)
Chapter 14 Bedford (Edward) and Runcorn 915 (Æthelflæd)
Chapter 15 Maldon 916 (Edward)
Plates
PART THREE THE OFFENSIVE OF 917–918
Chapter 16 Æthelflæd and the Welsh
Chapter 17 Spring and Summer 917
Chapter 18 Derby, Late July 917
Chapter 19 The Autumn Onslaught
Chapter 20 Leicester and Stamford 918
PART FOUR SECURING THE NORTH
Chapter 21 The Battle of Corbridge
Chapter 22 A New Lady
Chapter 23 Father and Lord
Chapter 24 The ‘Mercian’ Revolt
PART FIVE ÆTHELSTAN
Chapter 25 A Protracted Succession
Chapter 26 Coronation
Chapter 27 Perfecta Saxonia – An ‘England’ Made Whole?

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