ABSTRACT
Introduction – Narratives – Refining the chronology – Interweaving the evidence – Formative 1: early 5th to late 7th century – FM1A 400–475: migration period – FM1A 400–475: migration period – FM1B 475–550: land-claiming period – FM1C 550–630: rise of the warlords – FM1D 625–675: women take the helm – Summary of Formative 1 – Formative 2: late 7th to early 9th century – FM2 A 675–750: rise of the monastic movement in Ireland, Wales, Scotland, Pictland and Northumbria – Summary of Formative 2 – Formative 3: early 9th to mid-11th century – FM3A 825–900: the Viking Age in the south-east (Danish) and north-west (Norse) – FM3B 900–975: the Wessex conquest of the Midlands, Cornwall and Northumbria – FM3C 975–1050: Irish, Welsh, Scottish, Norse kingdoms – Summary of Formative 3
