{"product_id":"hengest-gwrtheyrn-and-the-chronology-of-post-roman-britain-0786478195","title":"Hengest, Gwrtheyrn and the Chronology of Post-Roman Britain","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0786478195\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Johnson, Flint F.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this book, the author makes use of the methodology he developed in Origins of Arthurian Romances (McFarland 2012) in order to reevaluate the post-Roman history of Britain. He begins by delving into the historical contexts of the key traditional players of the fifth century--Hengest and Gwrtheyrn. A better understanding of these two characters allows for a reexamination of the persons and events of the fifth, sixth, and seventh centuries. The text that follows entirely realigns how those centuries can be seen from a chronological as well as a military and political standpoint. The fifth century was not a time of British and Germanic fragmentation as they separated from Rome, but one of slow integration and the formation of kingships that were a result of the economic realities of surviving without the dying giant.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51976347943200,"sku":"NEW0786478195","price":28.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/hengest-gwrtheyrn-and-the-chronology-of-post-roman-britain-0786478195","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}