The Ending of Anglo‐Saxon England
David Griffiths
Abstract The ‘end’ of Anglo-Saxon England was a ragged and discordant affair within which the Norman Conquest certainly represented major upheaval, but not one inflicted on anything like an ethnically-unified populace. A change equal significance to national conquest attempts at unification in later development urban life, drawing countryside increasingly urban-focused economy. Three Anglo-Scandinavian metalwork styles seem have stimulated widespread indigenous adaptive fashions England: Borre style animal masks ring-chains, more fluid open Ringerike hooked vegetal fronds, pear-shaped fleur-de-lis, standing quadrupeds, sparer Urnes style. effected transformation focus social political aspiration part lordly ecclesiastical elites nascent classes.
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