Wessex from 1000 AD

The prehistory and early history of Somerset, Dorset, Wiltshire, Hampshire, Berkshire, Avon, and the city of Bristol.

J. H. Bettey

General preface A Regional History of England series Introduction Chapter 1 The Early Middle Ages: Conquest and Civil War Chapter 2 Economic Life, Society and the Church, 1066 -1350 Chapter 3 The Later Middle Ages, c. 1300-1500: Plague, Recession and Recovery Chapter 4 The Early Modern Period: Economic Development, Towns and Trade, 1500 -1660 Chapter 5 Religious Reform, Local Society, Government and the Civil War Chapter 6 Industrial Change and Urban Growth, 1660 -1815 Chapter 7 Expansion and Development during the Nineteenth Century Wessex from AD 1000 Chapter 8 The Great War and Aftermath, 1914 -1939, Postscript: 1939-1974