The British Heroic Age

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction Interpretations and Sources  1. A Political History  2. The Evidence: Roman Sources  3. The Evidence: Native Sources  4. The Evidence: The Northern Memorandum and the Kentish Source Britannia  5. Roman Society  6. Britain: 367–410  7. Picts, Irish and the Germanic Raiders 410 Through the Early Sixth Century  8. The ­Romano-Britons  9. The Germanic Foederati in the Fifth Century 10. The Irish in the Fifth Century 11. The Picts 12. The Rise of British Kingships 13. Heroic Age ­Politico-Economic Dynamics 14. The Early Kings 15. The ­Germanic-Controlled Territories Sixth Century Celtic Kingships 16. Growing Pains of British Kingship 17. The New Economic System 18. Arthur 19. 530–600: An Expanding View 20. Rhun son of Maelgwn 21. Battle of Arfderyð 22. Urien’s Alliance and Y Gododdin 23. Gwrtheyrn 24. 530–580: The Setting for the Rise of Germanic Kingships 25. 550–575: Columban Dal Riata 26. The Decline of the British Kingdoms Rise of the Germanic Kingships: Late Sixth Century to 27. Germanic Kingship 28. The Southumbrian Theater 29. The Northumbrian Theater 30. Between the Thames and the Humber 31. An Interwoven History: 600–664 Religion in Post-Roman Britain 32. The Age of Saints 33. Religion as a Political Tool 34. Native Religions 35. The Dark Ages Appendix: The Vortigern Figure Chronology: 367–664 Glossary Guide to Period Sources Chapter Notes Bibliography Index