Anglo-Saxon, Viking & Early Medieval Europe (up to AD1000)
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Anglo-Saxon Charters 16: Charters of Northern Houses [Hardback]
D.A. Woodman (Editor)
£90.00ISBN: 9780197265291
Published by : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
This book constitutes the first edition of all Anglo-Saxon charters surviving in archives north of the River Humber, a body of material previously neglected. It provides edited texts, together with detailed analysis and commentary... .... Learn More -
Runes: A Handbook [Hardback]
Michael P. Barnes (Author)
£45.00ISBN: 9781843837787
Published by : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
This book provides an accessible, general account of runes and runic writing from their inception to their final demise. It also covers modern uses of runes, and deals with such topics as encoded texts, rune names, how runic inscr... .... Learn More -
The Franks Casket [Paperback]
Leslie Webster (Author)
£5.00ISBN: 9780714128184
Published by : British Museum Press
Series: Objects In Focus
This concise, beautifully illustrated guide explores the enigmatic Franks Casket, carved from whalebone in 8th century northern England, and decorated with scenes from tales both pagan and Christian, as well as runic inscriptions. Leslie Webste... .... Learn More -
Town and Country in Early-Medieval Bavaria : wo studies in urban and comital structure [Paperback]
Carl I. Hammer (Author)
£21.00ISBN: 9781407310367
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: Bar S
Volume: 2437
Using historical, topographical and archaeological evidence, this book explores the earliest history of two fundamental institutions in 9th and 10th century Bavaria: the development of the urban 'borough' and the emergence of castle-based lordship... .... Learn More -
The Use of Skeletal Evidence to Understand the Transition from Roman to Anglo-Saxon Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire [Paperback]
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£48.00ISBN: 9781407310435
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: Bar BS
Volume: 569
The book systematically examines and compares a large sample of burials from the same region, Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire, in the Roman and Anglo-Saxon periods. A very detailed examination of skeletal material provides specific evidence about ... .... Learn More -
Lundenwic: Excavations in Middle Saxon London 1987-2000 [Hardback]
Lyn Blackmore (Author); Robert Cowie (Author); A. Davis (Author); Jackie Keily (Author)
£34.00ISBN: 9781907586149
Published by : Museum of London Archaeology
Series: MOLAS MONOGRAPH
Volume: 63
The development of the major settlement of Lundenwic in the late 7th century AD marked the rebirth of London as a town. In the following century the emporium served as a seaport for the landlocked kingdom of Mercia and played a significant role... .... Learn More -
Experimental Archaeology and Fire: the investigation of a burnt reconstruction at West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village [Paperback]
Jess Tipper (Author)
£20.00ISBN: 9780956874733
Published by : East Anglian Archaeology
Series: East Anglian Archaeology Monograph
Volume: 146
The destruction by fire of a reconstruction of a Sunken-Featured Building (SFB or Grubenhaus) at West Stow in Suffolk, presented a unique opportunity for experimental archaeology, and provides new insight into the nature of burnt buildings in the ... .... Learn More -
Excavations at Francavilla Marittima 1991-2004 : Matt-Painted Pottery from the Timpone della Motta. Volume 1: The Undulating Bands Styl [Paperback]
Marianne Kleibrink (Author); Lucilla Barresi (Author); Marianna Fasanella Masci (Author)
£42.00ISBN: 9781407310220
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: Bar S
Volume: 2423
This publication is the first volume of what is intended to be a series of publications on the archaeology of the Timpone della Motta, a hill of 280m asl at Francavilla Marittima (Calabria, southern Italy) where the Groningen Institute of Archaeol... .... Learn More -
Charters of Glastonbury Abbey [Hardback]
S. E. Kelly (Author)
£110.00ISBN: 9780197265079
Published by : Oxford University Press
Glastonbury Abbey was the wealthiest and most influential monastery in later Anglo-Saxon England. It was a noted centre of scholarship, and claimed ancient origins which were later extravagantly embellished to link the house with... .... Learn More -
Vikings: A History [Hardback]
Neil Oliver (Author)
£20.00ISBN: 9780297867876
Published by : Weidenfeld & Nicholson
Neil Oliver goes beyond their bloody reputation to search for the truth about the Vikings - from Newfoundland to Moscow, Iceland to Istanbul.
The Vikings famously took no prisoners, relished cruel retribution, and prided th... .... Learn More

