xx, 795 p. : 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. [680]-739) and index

Part I. After Rome. Britain, 350-550. The Britons and their languages. Inscriptions. The Britons and the Irish, 350-800. From Pelagius to Gildas. Rome and the Britons, 400-644 -- Part II. Early Welsh society. Charters and laws. Lords, food-renders, and peasants. Kinship and status. Kingship -- Part III. The Britons and the English, 550-1064. The Britons and the Northumbrians, 547-685 : the evidence. The Britons, the Northumbrians, and the rise of Mercia, 550-685. The Britons and the neighbours under the Mercian hegemony, 685-825. Two ninth-century writers. The transformations of the ninth century. The Britons and the Empire of Britain. Wales from 950 to 1064 -- Part IV. The Welsh church and culture. The organization of the church. Latin learning in Wales, c. 400-1100. Poets and storytellers

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