Anglo-Saxon & Viking
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Colonisation and Christianity: The Long Settlement of Viking Age and Medieval Skagafjörður, North Iceland [Hardback]
John M Steinberg (Editor); Douglas Bolender (Editor); Kathryn A Catlin (Editor); Brian N Damiata (Editor); Guðný Zoëga (Editor)
£50.00ISBN: 9781789259674
Published by : Oxbow Books
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A joint Icelandic–US archaeological project in North Iceland examined the development of the farmstead settlement pattern from the initial Norse settlement of Iceland in c. AD 870–1300. The results were compared with the distribution of early Chri... .... Learn More -
Viking Migration and Settlement in East Anglia: The Place-Name Evidence [Paperback]
David Boulton (Author)
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ISBN: 9781914427251
Published by : Windgather Press
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This book shows how analysis of Scandinavian-influenced place-names in their landscape contexts can provide crucial new evidence of differing processes of Viking migration and settlement in East Anglia between the late ninth and eleventh centuries... .... Learn More -
The Norse Sorceress: Mind and Materiality in the Viking World [Hardback]
Leszek Gardeła (Editor); Sophie Bønding (Editor); Peter Pentz (Editor)
Regular Price: £60.00
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ISBN: 9781789259537
Published by : Oxbow Books
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Old Norse literature abounds with descriptions of magic acts that allow ritual specialists of various kinds to manipulate the world around them, see into the future or the distant past, change weather conditions, influence the outcomes of battles,... .... Learn More -
Northern Emporium: Vol. 2 The networks of Viking-age Ribe [Hardback]
Søren M. Sindbæk (Editor)
£58.00ISBN: 9788793423824
Published by : Aarhus University Press
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Early urban societies transformed social networks. This was also the case for Northern Europe’s emporia – maritime trading towns that emerged around the North and Baltic Seas in the first stages of the Viking Age. The surprising pace and scope of ... .... Learn More -
Design and Techniques in Early Medieval Celtic Metalwork [Hardback]
Niamh Whitfield (Author)
£150.00ISBN: 9781904597339
Published by : Pindar Press
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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 understanding of its manufa... .... Learn More -
Supplementary Exercises for Old Norse - Old Icelandic [Paperback]
Jesse Byock (Author); Randall Gordon (Author)
£12.99ISBN: 9780988176409
Published by : Jules William Press
Series: Viking Language Old Norse Icelandic Series
Volume: 4
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Supplementary Exercises for Old Norse - Old Icelandic is a new volume in the Viking Language Old Norse Icelandic Series. A workbook of 17 lessons designed for those who want to learn or sharpen their skills in Old Norse with innovative ex... .... Learn More -
The Book of Kells: A Masterwork Revealed: Creators, Collaboration, and Campaigns [Paperback]
Donncha MacGabhann (Author)
£60.00ISBN: 9789464261226
Published by : Sidestone Press
Sublime calligraphy, marvellous art, and amazing initials, have charmed and captivated the audience of the Book of Kells for over twelve hundred years. This remarkable illuminated Gospel book attracts the attention of scholars as well as those mor... .... Learn More -
The Book of Kells: A Masterwork Revealed: Creators, Collaboration, and Campaigns [Hardback]
Donncha MacGabhann (Author)
£120.00ISBN: 9789464261233
Published by : Sidestone Press
Sublime calligraphy, marvellous art, and amazing initials, have charmed and captivated the audience of the Book of Kells for over twelve hundred years. This remarkable illuminated Gospel book attracts the attention of scholars as well as those mor... .... Learn More -
The Early Medieval Monastic Site at Dacre, Cumbria [Paperback]
Rachel M. Newman (Author); Christine Howard Davis (Author); Roger H Leech (Author)
£22.50ISBN: 9781907686375
Published by : Oxford Archaeology North
Series: Lancaster Imprints
Volume: 30
Dacre is rare in having documentary evidence for an early medieval monastery, mentioned by the Venerable Bede in 731, and in the 12th century, William of Malmesbury thought that it was where King Æthelstan of Wessex met the northern and western lo... .... Learn More -
The Viking Age: A Time of Many Faces [Paperback]
Caroline Ahlström Arcini (Author)
£25.00Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 9781789258042
Published by : Oxbow Books
The majority of literature about the Viking period, based on artefacts or written sources, covers battles, kings, chiefs and mercenaries, long distance travel and colonisation, trade, and settlement. Less is said about the life of those that staye... .... Learn More
