Anglo-Saxon kingdom in the south of Great Britain

Saint Birinus converting the Saxons of Wessex to Christianity. Engraving by W. Walker, 1773, after S. Wale.

Hardy the physician : medical aspects of the Wessex tradition / Tony Fincham.

Wessex before the Celts / J.F.S. Stone.

Jude the obscure / Thomas Hardy.

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Wessex (England)

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Saint Birinus converting the Saxons of Wessex to Christianity. Engraving by W. Walker, 1773, after S. Wale.

Hardy the physician : medical aspects of the Wessex tradition / Tony Fincham.

Wessex before the Celts / J.F.S. Stone.

Jude the obscure / Thomas Hardy.