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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: 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

ISBN: 9783896460738
Published by : Verlag Marie Leidorf GmbH
The fashion among early medieval German cultures of filling their graves with precious metal objects meant there were real problems in obtaining metals. The decline of the Roman empire ended that source of supply so Germans had to be ever more res... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783905448016
Published by : ArchaologieVerlag Basel
A new study of the grave goods from women's graves in Central Germany provides a new and refined chronology for this area tying it in better with the events known from history and the copious grave material from Southern and Western Germany. Ba... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781841714912
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: BAR Archaeopress
Volume: 1113
This work is a study of the much neglected brooch type - the ôequal arm broochö, a highly distinctive form of personal ornament - and the particular execution of an ornamental style that has only so far been found on examples from north-western... .... Learn More