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Over the last 15 years Tim Clarkson, who holds a PhD in early medieval history from the University of Manchester, has produced a steady stream of affordable books introducing the lay reader to the latest research and thinking on a series of topics mostly related to early medieval northern Britain. This is quite impressive given the paucity of early material, largely confined to a few inscribed or sculptured stones, but Clarkson makes up for this by padding out these chapters with a potted narrative of the wider context. Despite the paucity of evidence these early chapters are where Clarkson makes the most original contribution. [Extracted from the article] |
