Book recommendations request: Early medieval England

by ienjoycurrency

Between the end of Roman rule and the Norman invasion. Political history, society, economy, culture, religion, whatever you've got. In English only, please. Thanks in advance!

BRIStoneman

Hoo boy. I could give you hundreds, but to start with:

Charles-Edwards, After Rome

Bartlett, The Making of Europe

Stenton, Anglo-Saxon England

Higham, The Anglo-Saxon World

Bede's Historia Ecclesiastica

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (I like Dorothy Whitelock's 1961 edition which displays the different MS versions next to each other for comparisson, but it can be tricky to track down).

Asser's Vita Ælfredi

Brown and Farr, Mercia: An Anglo-Saxon Kingdom in Europe

Hill, Rumble et al: The Defence of Wessex; The Burghal Hidage*

Baker and Brookes, Beyond the Burghal Hidage

Keynes and Dumville, Kings, Currency and Alliances

Keynes and Lapidge, Alfred the Great

Lavelle, Alfred's Wars

Lavelle, The Danes in Wessex

Pratt, The Political Thought of Alfred the Great

Molyneaux, The Foundation of the English Kingdom in the Tenth Century

Stafford, The Annals of Æthelflæd

piejesudomine

I'd recommend Leslie Webster's Anglo-Saxon art: a new history for a good intro to their art. It's got lots of pictures and is very accessible.