Sussex, the Kingdom of the South Saxons, and its successor counties, has been the subject of hundreds of books on aspects of its history and topography, but this one has been by far the most popular and successful of them. It provides as concise yet remarkably comprehensive history of Sussex from the earliest times to the present day, in a narrative written by an accepted authority in an easy-to-read style and a lavishly illustrated format. First published in 1961, the book rapidly became both a classic of its kind and a best-seller, its success leading to this, the fourth edition, completely revised, re-set and re-illustrated ... a process of continuous improvement of a tried and tested text providing an essentially new and up-to-date book with a proven pedigree.
This new edition will maintain the book’s position as the basic reference of first choice and for all students of Sussex history and the essential companion for all visitors or tourists who have any interest in the making of the county as they see it today--still changing too rapidly for many, but with much more regard to conservation and the preservation of evidence of its past--a result, to no small extent, of the work of the author of this book. For the ordinary resident of the county, East or West, this is the book that provides fresh insight into the creation of the landscape and of the urban environment and a better understanding of our common Sussex heritage.
Contents:
List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgements
1. The Geographical Setting
2. The First Inhabitants
3. Iron-Age Hill Forts and the Roman Conquest
4. The Roman Occupation
5. Saxon Sussex
6. Norman Sussex
7. Chichester and Lewes from the Norman Conquest
8. Towns and Villages of Sussex in the Later Middle Ages
9. Sussex in the 16th and Early 17th Centuries
10. The Civil War and Nonconformity
11. The 18th Century--Georgian Sussex
12. Regency Sussex
13. Cobbett’s Sussex
14. Victorian and Edwardian Sussex
15. Twentieth Century Sussex
Bibliography
Index
