Anglo-Saxon & Viking

ISBN: 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

ISBN: 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

ISBN: 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

ISBN: 9781444330199
Published by : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
This collection of new and original essays explores the relationship between contemporary critical theory and the study of Anglo-Saxon England. Core terminology familiar from critical theory, such as "ethnicity", "g... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781902937618
Published by : McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research
Series: McDonald Institute Monographs
Quoygrew - a settlement of farmers and fishers on the island of Westray in Orkney - was continuously occupied from the tenth century until 1937. Focusing on the archaeology of its first 700 years, this volume explores how 'small worlds' both refle... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9789004235038
Published by : Brill Academic Publishers
Early Medieval Art and Archaeology in the Northern World brings together leading experts on the European early Middle Ages in a celebration of the life and work of internationally renowned scholar James Graham-Campbell. The geogra... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780956874719
Published by : East Anglian Archaeology
Series: East Anglian Archaeology Monograph
Volume: 143
This comparative study of three large Middle Saxon faunal assemblages from eastern England includes the animal bone remains from the estate centres of Brandon in western Suffolk and Wicken Bonhunt in north-western Essex, and the faunal remains rec... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781903018866
Published by : Prospect Books
The Treatise of Walter of Bibbesworth is a didactic poem in Anglo-Norman which surveys a host of practical matters, ranging from childbirth and our passage through life, to estate management and life in fields, workshops, to activities in the ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781842174845
Published by : Oxbow Books
The excavation of an area within the grounds of the Prebendal, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, adjacent to the parish church of St Mary's, showed that the town, which lies on a slight spur, is sited within a univallate Iron Age hillfort. Early-Midd... .... Learn More