Kingship and Government in Pre-Conquest England c.500–1066
| By: | Ann Williams |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury UK |
| Print ISBN: | 9780333567982 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781349274543 |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Copyright: | 1999 |
| Format: | Page Fidelity |
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This book is a study of the exercise of royal authority before the Norman Conquest. Six centuries separate the 'adventus Saxonum' from the battle of Hastings: during those long years, the English kings changed from warlords, who exacted submission by force, into law-givers to whom obedience was a moral duty. In the process, they created many of the administrative institutes which continued to serve their successors. They also created England: the united kingdom of the English people.