TY  - BOOK
AU  - Baker,John T.
AU  - Brookes,Stuart
TI  - Beyond the Burghal Hidage: Anglo-Saxon civil defence in the Viking age 
T2  - History of warfare,
SN  - 9789004246058
AV  - DA155 .B35 2013
U1  - 942.01/7 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Leiden
PB  - Brill
KW  - Anglo-Saxons
KW  - England
KW  - Antiquities
KW  - History
KW  - Fortification
KW  - To 1500
KW  - Civil defense
KW  - Boroughs
KW  - Hidage
KW  - Landscapes
KW  - Names, Geographical
KW  - Landscape archaeology
KW  - History, Military
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Preliminary Material -- 1. Anglo-Saxon Civil Defence -- 2. Characterizing Anglo-Saxon Civil Defence (Fortifications) -- 3. Characterizing Anglo-Saxon Civil Defence (Communications) -- 4. The Kennet -- 5. Connections and Obstructions -- 6. The Defence of Kent -- 7. Civil Defence and the English State, 800–1016 -- Bibliography -- Index; Available to subscribing member institutions only
N2  - As the title suggests, Beyond the Burghal Hidage takes the study of Anglo-Saxon civil defence away from traditional historical and archaeological fields, and uses a groundbreaking interdisciplinary approach to examine warfare and public responses to organised violence through their impact on the landscape. By bringing together the evidence from a wide range of archaeological, onomastic and historical sources, the authors are able to reconstruct complex strategic and military landscapes, and to show how important detailed knowledge of early medieval infrastructure and communications is to our understanding of Anglo-Saxon preparedness for war, and to the situating of major defensive works within their wider strategic context. The result is a significant and far-reaching re-evaluation of the evolution of late Anglo-Saxon defensive arrangements. Winner of the 2013 Verbruggen prize, given annually by De Re Militari society for the best book on medieval military history
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004246058
ER  -