List of Illustrations
vii
1 Hymns of stone
1(24)
2 The Roman way
25(17)
3 Climate change
42(3)
4 Spear points
45(16)
5 The blood eagle
61(16)
6 The measure of the king
77(4)
7 The coming of the conquerors
81(11)
8 The house
92(5)
9 Devils and wicked men
97(22)
10 The road
119(3)
11 The law is lost
122(6)
12 The names
128(2)
13 The turbulent priest
130(21)
14 The lost village
151(3)
15 The great charter
154(23)
16 Crime and punishment
177(6)
17 A simple king
183(21)
18 The seasonal year
204(6)
19 The emperor of Britain
210(15)
20 The hammer
225(4)
21 The favourites of a king
229(18)
22 Birth and death
247(4)
23 The sense of a nation
251(18)
24 The night schools
269(9)
25 The commotion
278(27)
26 Into the woods
305(3)
27 The suffering king
308(9)
28 Old habits
317(3)
29 The warrior
320(11)
30 How others saw us
331(2)
31 A simple man
333(18)
32 Meet the family
351(8)
33 The divided realm
359(11)
34 The world at play
370(8)
35 The lion and the lamb
378(16)
36 The staple of life
394(4)
37 The king of spring
398(13)
38 Come to town
411(4)
39 The zealot king
415(10)
40 The king of suspicions
425(17)
41 A conclusion
442(7)
Further reading 449(16)
Index 465