Description: An examination of the role of Winchester as the heart of royal power in early medieval England..
Brief description: Ryan Lavelle is a senior lecturer in medieval history at the University of Winchester where he teaches on Anglo-Saxon England, the Normans and the Norman Conquest, and the Carolingian Renaissance. His specialises in Late Anglo-Saxon political history, including royal landholding, especially in Wessex, and early medieval warfare.
Review Quotes: "...the editors should be commended for bringing together such different topics that explore Winchester through a variety of disciplines and lenses."-- "Speculum"