Badon and the Early Wars for Wessex, circa 500 to 710

A thought-provoking study of warfare in the Dark Ages in Great Britain and the origins of Wessex. David Cooper’s book reappraises the evidence regarding the early battles for Wessex territory. It charts the sequence of battles from the c. AD 500 siege of Badon Hill, in which the Britons defeated the first Saxon attempt to gain a foothold in Wessex territory, to Langport in 710, which consolidated King Ine’s position and pushed the Britons westwards. Discussion of the post-Roman British and Germa