History
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Everyday Life in Viking-Age Towns: Social Approaches to Towns in England and Ireland, c. 800-1100 [Hardback]
Letty ten Harkel (Editor); D.M. Hadley (Editor)
Regular Price: £42.00
Special Price: £32.00
ISBN: 9781842175323
Published by : Oxbow Books
The study of early medieval towns has frequently concentrated on urban beginnings, the search for broadly applicable definitions of urban characteristics and the chronological development of towns. Far less attention has been pai... .... Learn More -
British Museum Anglo-Saxon Coins I: Early Anglo-Saxon Gold and Continental Silver Coinage of of the North Sea Area, c. 600-760 [Hardback]
Anna Gannon (Author)
£50.00ISBN: 9780714118239
Published by : British Museum Press
Series: Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles
Volume: 63
This volume is dedicated to the British Museum’s collection of early Anglo-Saxon gold coinage as well as the Anglo-Saxon and Continental silver coinage of the North Sea area, dating from the early seventh to the mid-eighth c... .... Learn More -
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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 -
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 -
Wales and the Britons, 350-1064 [Hardback]
T.M. Charles-Edwards (Author)
£95.00ISBN: 9780198217312
Published by : Oxford University Press
This, the first volume in the History of Wales, provides a de... .... 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 -
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 -