Book Cover; Title; Contents; Abbreviations; List of figures; Preface to second edition; Preface; The peoples and kingdoms of pre-Viking England; Early Kent; The early kings of the western Saxons; The Anglian territories in the late sixth and early seventh centuries; The northern Anglian hegemony in the seventh century; The southumbrian kingdoms from the mid-seventh to the mid-eighth century; Northumbria in the eighth century; Offa; The Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in the first three-quarters of the ninth century; The coming of the Vikings; Appendix; Notes; Index;