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portada Rendlesham and the East Anglian Kingdom: Investigating an Early English Royal Centre and Its Contexts
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Author
Language
English
Pages
240
Format
Paperback
ISBN13
9781914427312

Rendlesham and the East Anglian Kingdom: Investigating an Early English Royal Centre and Its Contexts

Scull, Christopher; Williamson, Tom (Author) · Windgather Press · Paperback

Rendlesham and the East Anglian Kingdom: Investigating an Early English Royal Centre and Its Contexts - Scull, Christopher; Williamson, Tom

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Synopsis "Rendlesham and the East Anglian Kingdom: Investigating an Early English Royal Centre and Its Contexts"

Explores the rediscovery of Rendlesham, revealing its role in early East Anglian power.Lost for centuries, the site of the East Anglian royal settlement at Rendlesham is now giving up its secrets. Noted by the Venerable Bede as a place of royal baptism in the seventh century AD, its location has been pin-pointed and its archaeology investigated. The settlement flourished from the early fifth century AD, and was at its peak between the late sixth and early eighth centuries - when it was larger and wealthier than any other of the time yet known in England. Rendlesham was then the centre of a major region of the East Anglian kingdom: a residence of the East Anglian ruling family - the Wuffingas - and the place from which the kings exercised their rule over the surrounding territory. Members of the royal kindred were buried at the princely burial grounds at Snape and Sutton Hoo, which were part of the same landscape of power. Rendlesham cannot be fully understood in isolation. There are other comparable sites in East Anglia that also appear to have been centres of wealth and power, set in their own discrete territories. Were these originally the residences of independent local rulers who were eventually dominated by the rulers of Rendlesham? Or were the latter dominant from the start, perhaps taking over the Roman civitas of the Iceni? Such questions go to the heart of current debates about the forces that shaped early England.This book tells the story of the initial discovery and subsequent archaeological investigations at Rendlesham, and places the site in its broader context as a focus of power in the early East Anglian kingdom. It considers the approaches in archaeology and landscape history that were used - including systematic metal-detecting - and highlights the extraordinary results that offer new perspectives on early English society and the origins of the English kingdoms.

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