In this comprehensive guide to the crucial period in English history between 1000-1300, the author describes the tangled web of interactions between the British kingdom and Continental Europe to assess what advantage was taken from these opportunities on the broadest possible front.
This survey of medieval Britain presents the events comprising the two great invasions from Continental Europe as a coherent narrative. From the first century BC through the Norman Conquest it covers events across the whole of Britain, from Cornwall to the Shetlands, providing the European context for events in England while also examining the many ways Britain differed from the rest of Europe.
"Useful, entertaining and informative . . . The Buried Book should help introduce new readers to an ancient classic that has really come into its own in the 21st century."—Michael Dirda, The Washington Post Book World