Badon and the Early Wars for Wessex circa 500 710 1st Edition by David Cooper 1526733579 9781526733573
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ISBN 10: 1526733579
ISBN 13: 9781526733573
Author: David Cooper
David Coopers book reappraises the evidence regarding the early battles for Wessex territory. It charts the sequence of battles from the c. AD 500 siege of Badon Hill, in which the Britons defeated the first Saxon attempt to gain a foothold in Wessex territory, to Langport in 710, which consolidated King Ine’s position and pushed the Britons westwards. Discussion of the post-Roman British and Germanic factions provides context and background to Badon Hill, which is then covered in detail and disentangled from Arthurian legend. In considering how the opposing commanders are likely to have planned their campaigns, enduring principles of military doctrine and tactics are discussed, using examples from other periods to illustrate how these principles applied in Dark Ages Britain. Going on to follow subsequent campaigns of the West Saxons in southern Britain, a credible assessment is made of how these resulted in the establishment of a viable Wessex kingdom, two centuries after Badon. Grounded in the latest academic and archaeological evidence, David Cooper offers a number of new insights and ideas.
Table of contents:
Chapter One: The Fifth-Century Tribes of Britain
Chapter Two: The Hampshire Avon Frontier
Chapter Three: Doctrine, Organisation and Tactics
Chapter Four: The British in the South West
Chapter Five: The Badon Campaign
Chapter Six: The Siege of Badon Hill
Chapter Seven: Cerdic to Ceawlin – The Early Gewisse
Chapter Eight: The Fall of British Glastenning
Chapter Nine: Wessex, Mercia and Dumnonia
Chapter Ten: Conclusions
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