Anglo-Saxon & Viking

ISBN: 9780955767920
Published by : Guy Points
This book enables rapid access to the events recorded in any one year in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle which was created in the late ninth century. Multiple copies were made and sent to monasteries in England where they were then inde... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781904597339
Published by : Pindar Press
Niamh Whitfield is a leading authority on the metalwork of early Medieval Ireland and Scotland. Celtic metalwork of the seventh to twelfth centuries is extremely accomplished technically, and she has aimed at a thorough understand... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781407310985
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: Bar BS
Volume: 578
This work follows the study of the ecclesiastical geology of almost all Anglo-Saxon religious sites throughout England. There, it proved possible to both understand and distinguish clearly obvious patterns in the use of stonework,... .... Learn More

ISBN: 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

ISBN: 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

ISBN: 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

ISBN: 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

ISBN: 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

ISBN: 9781907730177
Published by : Paul Watkins
The papers in this volume explore the ways in which sense of place were forged in the Anglo-Saxon period, with perspectives taken from place-name scholars, historical geographers, archaeologists and historians. Place-names lie at ... .... Learn More