Paul Hill, formerly curator of Kingston Upon Thames Museum in Surrey, is well known as a lecturer, author, and expert on Anglo-Saxon and Norman history and military archaeology. His books include The Age of Athelstan: Britain's Forgotten History, The Viking Wars of Alfred the Great, and The Anglo-Saxons at War 800-1066.
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In this compelling new study, Paull Hill reveals what documentary records and the growing body of archaeological evidence can tell us about war and combat in the age of the great Anglo-Saxon kings. The violent centuries before the Norman Conquest come to ... SEE MORE