Anglo-Saxon, Viking & Early Medieval Europe (up to AD1000)
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The Wealth of Anglo-Saxon England [Hardback]
Peter H. Sawyer (Author)
£25.00ISBN: 9780199253937
Published by : Oxford University Press
How did the Anglo-Saxons obtain the treasure that tempted Vikings to raid England frequently in the ninth century and again between 980 and 1018? As Britain then had no gold mine and its lead mines yielded very little silver, this... .... Learn More -
Between Medieval Men: Male Friendship and Desire [Paperback]
David Clark (Author)
£24.99ISBN: 9780199558155
Published by : Oxford University Press
This challenging and well-written study approaches the elusive question of the nature of same-sex relations and attitudes to them in Old English Literature from a variety of perspectives. It continually throws up questions about our assumptions... .... Learn More -
Viking Identities: Scandinavian Jewellery in England [Hardback]
Jane F. Kershaw (Author)
£65.00ISBN: 9780199639526
Published by : Oxford University Press
Viking Identities is the first detailed archaeological study of Viking-Age Scandinavian-style female dress items from England. Based on primary archival and archaeological research, including the analysis of hundreds of recent met... .... Learn More -
Environment, Society and Landscape in Early Medieval England [Hardback]
Tom Williamson (Author)
£45.00ISBN: 9781843837374
Published by : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
The Anglo-Saxon period was crucial in the development of England's character: its language, and much of its landscape and culture, were forged in the period between the fifth and the eleventh centuries. Historians and archaeologis... .... Learn More -
Gildas and the Scriptures: Observing the World through a Biblical Lens [Paperback]
Thomas O'Loughlin (Author)
£80.00ISBN: 9782503534367
Published by : Brepols
Gildas is the earliest insular writer who has left us a substantial legacy of theological writing. He is usually, however, not seen as a theological writer but as an historical source for ‘dark age’ Britain at the time... .... Learn More -
Frankish History: Studies in the Construction of Power [Hardback]
P. Fouracre (Author)
£90.00ISBN: 9781409451594
Published by : Ashgate Publishing Ltd
The volume consists of sixteen papers on the history of Francia between the seventh and eleventh centuries. Originally published between 1979 and 2009, the papers are arranged around three interlinking themes: the relationship bet... .... Learn More -
Liturgy, Architecture and Sacred Places in Anglo-Saxon England [Hardback]
Helen Gittos (Author)
£65.00ISBN: 9780199270903
Published by : Oxford University Press
Church rituals were a familiar feature of life throughout much of the Anglo-Saxon period. In this innovative study, Helen Gittos examines ceremonies for the consecration of churches and cemete... .... Learn More -
Gods and Settlers: The Iconography of Norse Mythology in Anglo-Scandinavian Sculpture [Hardback]
Lilla Kopar (Author)
£80.00ISBN: 9782503528540
Published by : Brepols
Stone sculpture constitutes the richest surviving corpus of Viking-Age artefacts from the British Isles. Gods and Settlers is an interdisciplinary study that brings together iconography, literature, history, and religious studies ... .... Learn More -
Warfare and Politics in Medieval Germany ca. 1000: On the Variety of Our Times by Alpert of Metz [Paperback]
David S. Bachrach (Translator)
£14.00ISBN: 9780888443021
Published by : Pontifical Institute for Med Studs
Written in the early eleventh century, the De diversitate temporum by Alpert of Metz is an indispensable contemporary account for our understanding of the history of the Low Countries at the turn of the first millennium, and provi... .... Learn More -
The Cambridge History of Early Medieval English Literature [Hardback]
Clare Lees (Editor)
£100.00ISBN: 9780521190589
Published by : Cambridge University Press
Informed by multi-cultural, multidisciplinary perspectives, The Cambridge History of Early Medieval English Literature offers a new exploration of the earliest writing in Britain and Ireland, from the end of the Roman Empire to th... .... Learn More

