Dynastic strategies and regional loyalties : Wessex, Mercia and Kent, c.802-939
This thesis explores the expansion of the Kingdom of Wessex between 802, when King Ecgberht ascended the West Saxon throne, through to the death of his great-greatgrandson, King Ethelstan in 939. It explores how, as a dynasty, these particular West Saxon kings managed to overcome the claims of rival...
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University of Sheffield
2007
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.489721 |