Archaeology

ISBN: 9782908038200
Published by : Communaute D'Agglomeration
The report on excavations carried out at a Merovingian cemetery in Hourdain beginning in 1973. Graves date from the 6th to the 9th centuries. The finds are presented, discussed and placed in the context of their distribution in other northern Euro... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780198134107
Published by : Oxford University Press
Oxbow writes: This is the book that was to have been Sutton Hoo Vol 4! It is the great corpus of hanging bowls that was sparked off by Bruce-Mitford's study of the bowls found in the Sutton Hoo burial, but it outgrew that project, and despite Bruc... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783515085052
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
A study of the institutions and administration of the eastern provinces under their Migration Period invaders in the fifth century. Based on the author's 1997 Freiburg dissertation. .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783896469687
Published by : Verlag Marie Leidorf GmbH
This investigation of changes in burial rites between the later Roman period and the Carolingian period focuses on archaeological evidence from south-eastern Lower Saxony. Ludowici argues that establishing a chronology of pottery vessels, inclu... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780743256346
Published by : Simon & Schuster
Ireland's patron saint has long been shrouded in legend, but the true story of St. Patrick is far more inspiring than the myths. In St. Patrick of Ireland, Philip Freeman brings the historic Patrick and his world vividly to life. Patrick speaks... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780801439902
Published by : Cornell Univ Press
In a major contribution to the debate among medievalists about the nature of social and political change in Europe around the turn of the millennium, Jeffrey A. Bowman explores how people contended over property during the tenth and eleventh ce... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783110178913
Published by : Walter de Gruyter
Thirteen papers, from a symposium held in Zurich in 2001, discuss evidence for Alemannian settlements in northern Germany and Scandinavia between 400 and 800. Written from a range of perspectives, the papers discuss linguistic evidence, focusing o... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783110181456
Published by : Walter de Gruyter
A an-depth analysis, a thesis, of decorative gold medallions (bracteates) which date to the early medieval migration period and have been found on the northern continent and in England. A discussion of their composition, their stamped decoratio... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783896467690
Published by : Verlag Marie Leidorf GmbH
Most studies of Merovingian burials focus on the rich graves of men and women. This thesis, however, examines the evidence for child burials which, when combined with documentary sources, is used to reassess the role and status of children in Mero... .... Learn More