A history of Britain from prehistoric and Roman times, through the arrival of the Saxons, the development of the Octarchy, and up to the arrival of the Vikings and the reign of Aethelwulf, father of Alfred the Great.
BEFORE THE SAXONS
The Dawn of History
The Ancient Britons
The Druids
Landing of Julius Cæsar
Caractacus, Boadicea, and Agricola
Departure of the Romans
Britain after the Roman Period
THE SAXON INVASION
The Ancient Saxons
Hengist, Horsa, Rowena, and Vortigern
Ella, Cerdric, and King Arthur
Establishment of the Saxon Octarchy
The Conversion of Ethelbert
Edwin, King of the Deiri and Bernicia
Penda, the Pagan Monarch of Mercia
Decline of the Saxon Octarchy
Offa the Terrible
Egbert, King of All the Saxons
APPENDICES
Anglo-Saxon Culture
Religion
Government and Laws
Literature
Architecture, Art, and Science
Costume, Manners, Customs, and Everyday Life
This is a new edition of part of the volume
History of the Anglo-Saxons
, originally published in 1850.