{"product_id":"simon-young-a-d-500-2006-paperback","title":"Simon Young: A.D. 500 [2006] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA window on the mysterious world of the Dark Ages by a brilliant young historian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAD 500 is written as a practical survival guide for the use of civilised visitors to the barbaric islands of Britain and Ireland. It describes a journey which begins in Cornwall and continues through Wales and Ireland, then across to Scotland and eventually down to London and southern Britain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Romans have left, and the islands are now fought over by Irish, British Celts, Picts and Saxons. It is a dangerous world, full of tribal war. The British Celts are enthusiastic head-hunters, while the Saxon gods require regular blood sacrifices, animal and sometimes human. There are social pitfals too (`Do not make fun of the Celts' beliefs about Arthur'...'Don't refuse a place in a Welsh collective bed.')\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCheviot bandits, bizarre forms of Christianity, boat burials, peculiar haircuts, human sacrifice, poetry competitions, slave markets, the legend of King Arthur - these are the realities of life in the sixth century AD.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Young, Simon","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":52795844788563,"sku":"9780753819463","price":12.84,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Good","offer_id":52795844821331,"sku":"XG80753819463","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/young-simon-simon-young-a-d-500-2006-paperback-1216882022.jpg?v=1768510182","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/simon-young-a-d-500-2006-paperback","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}