Anglo-Saxon & Viking
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South Wales from the Romans to the Normans [Paperback]
Jeremy K. Knight (Author)
£19.99ISBN: 9781445604473
Published by : Amberley Publishing
Taking one small region as his focus Jeremy Knight traces the changes which took place from the later Roman Empire to the effects of the Norman Conquest. He surveys the principle sites of the region, analysing the transformation o... .... Learn More -
Anglo-Saxon Art: A New History [Paperback]
Leslie Webster (Author)
£18.99ISBN: 9780714128092
Published by : British Museum Company Ltd
This book, the first new introduction to the subject for 25 years, draws on the most up-to-date research and discoveries to explore the character, themes, motifs and styles of Anglo-Saxon art. It traces the changing nature of that art, the diff... .... Learn More -
Old English Literature and the Old Testament [Hardback]
Michael Fox (Author); Manish Sharma (Author)
£55.99ISBN: 9780802098542
Published by : University of Toronto Press
It would be difficult to overestimate the importance of the Bible in the medieval world. For the Anglo-Saxons, literary culture emerged from sustained and intensive biblical study. Further, at least to judge from the Old English texts which su... .... Learn More -
The Conversion of Scandinavia: Vikings, Merchants and Mercenaries in the Remaking of Northern Europe [Hardback]
Anders Winroth (Author)
£30.00ISBN: 9780300170269
Published by : Yale University Press
Anders Winroth argues for a radically new interpretation of the conversion of Scandinavia from paganism to Christianity in the early Middle Ages. Overturning the received narrative of Europe's military and religious conquest and colonization of... .... Learn More -
Leaders of the Anglo-Saxon Church, From Bede to Stigand [Hardback]
Alexander Rumble (Author)
£55.00ISBN: 9781843837008
Published by : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
The papers in this volume illustrate the important roles played by individual leading ecclesiastics in England, both within the church and in the wider political sphere, from the late seventh to the mid eleventh century. The undeniable authorit... .... Learn More -
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The Winchester Mint and Coins and Related Finds from the Excavations of 1961-71 [Hardback]
Martin Biddle (Author)
£105.00ISBN: 9780198131724
Published by : Oxford University Press
Over three and a half centuries from the 880s to 1250, moneyers working in Winchester produced at the very least 24 million silver pennies. About five and a half thousand survive in national and local museums and private collections all over th... .... Learn More -
Reykholt: Archaeological Investigations at a High Status Farm in Western Iceland [Paperback]
Gudrun Sveinbjarnardottir (Author)
£70.00ISBN: 9789979790358
Published by : National Museum of Iceland
Reykholt in Borgarfjörður is among the most important historical sites in Iceland. One of the first staðir, or church centres, established in the early twelfth century, Reykholt remained a major ecclesiastical and political centre throughout ... .... Learn More -
Aethelstan: The First King of England [Paperback]
Sarah Foot (Author)
£14.99ISBN: 9780300187717
Published by : Yale University Press
In this nuanced portrait of Athelstan, Sarah Foot offers the first full account of the king ever written. She traces his life through the various spheres in which he lived and worked, beginning with the intimate context of his family, then exte... .... Learn More -
Kings and Queens of Wales [Paperback]
Timothy venning (Author)
£16.99ISBN: 9781445609058
Published by : Amberley Publishing
A considered attempt to set out what we can know about the rulers of what is now Wales in the early medieval period, Timothy Venning's new book does not shy away from problems of dating and interpretation in the use of the meagre ... .... Learn More