Settlement and Coastal Research in the Southern North Sea Region [Hardback]

This volume presents 18 contributions on the theme "Herrenhofe and the hierarchy of power in the region to the south and east of the North Sea from the pre-Roman Iron Age to the Early Middle Ages and the Viking Age". They aim to shed light on how social hierarchy was expressed in built structures during this period and in particular in the Herrenhof or "magnates farms". 10 papers in English, 8 in German.