Anglo-Saxon, Viking & Early Medieval Europe (up to AD1000)
The period from AD 400 to 1000 throughout Europe, including Anglo-Saxon England, Vikings, Picts, and the early medieval Celtic world, as well as the Merovingian, Carolingian and Ottonian kingdoms.
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Excavations at Oxford Castle 1999-2009 [Hardback]
Julian Munby (Author); Andrew Norton (Author); Daniel Poore (Author); Anne Dodd (Author)
£25.00ISBN: 9781905905454
Published by : Oxford University School of Archaeology
Series: Thames Valley LandscapesMonograph
Volume: 44
Oxford Castle was built in 1071 at the west end of the thriving late Saxon town. Although it was never a castle of the first rank as a royal or seigneurial stronghold, it was an active county castle throughout the medieval period. Largely abandone... .... Learn More -
Settlement change across Medieval Europe: Old paradigms and new vistas [Hardback]
Niall Brady (Editor); Claudia Theune (Editor)
£195.00ISBN: 9789088908071
Published by : Sidestone Press
Series: RURALIA
Volume: 12
The idea that the past was an era with long periods of little or no change is almost certainly false. Change has always affected human society. Some of the catalysts for change were exogenous and lay in natural transformations, such as climate cha... .... Learn More -
Settlement change across Medieval Europe: Old paradigms and new vistas [Paperback]
Niall Brady (Editor); Claudia Theune (Editor)
£70.00ISBN: 9789088908064
Published by : Sidestone Press
Series: RURALIA
Volume: 12
The idea that the past was an era with long periods of little or no change is almost certainly false. Change has always affected human society. Some of the catalysts for change were exogenous and lay in natural transformations, such as climate cha... .... Learn More -
St Michael's Church, Workington: Excavation of an Early Medieval Cemetery [Paperback]
John Zant (Author); Adam Parsons (Author)
£20.00ISBN: 9781907686313
Published by : Oxford Archaeology North
Series: Lancaster Imprints
Volume: 26
In September 1994, the parish church of St Michael, Workington, was badly damaged by fire, reducing the interior to a shell. The church’s history extends back to at least the twelfth century, and an existing collection of eighth- to eleventh-centu... .... Learn More -
Looting or Missioning: Insular and Continental Sacred Objects in Viking Age Contexts in Norway [Hardback]
Egil Mikkelsen (Author)
£48.00ISBN: 9781789253184
Published by : Oxbow Books
Until now insular and continental material, mostly metal-work, found in pagan Viking Age graves in Norway, has been interpreted as looted material from churches and monasteries on the British Isles and the Continent. The raiding Vikings brought th... .... Learn More -
Magic, Metallurgy and Imagination in Medieval Ireland: Three Studies [Paperback]
John Carey (Author)
£14.95ISBN: 9781891271281
Published by : Celtic Studies Publications
Series: Celtic Studies Publications
Volume: 21
This book is a study of the rich and fascinating traditions found early Irish literature concerning smiths and the fashioning of metal. The smith had a special status within the traditional societies of early Ireland and elsewhere in the Celtic-sp... .... Learn More -
Britain in the Age of Arthur: A Military History [Hardback]
Ilkka Syvanne (Author)
£25.00ISBN: 9781473895201
Published by : Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Not yet published - available for pre-order
King Arthur is one of the most controversial topics of early British history. Are the legends based on a real historical figure or pure mythological invention? Ilkka Syvanne's study breaks new ground, adopting a novel approach to the sources by ... .... Learn More -
Scotland in Early Medieval Europe [Hardback]
Alice E. Blackwell (Editor)
£90.00ISBN: 9789088907517
Published by : Sidestone Press
This edited volume explores how (what is today) Scotland can be compared with, contrasted to, or was connected with other parts of Early Medieval Europe. Far from a ‘dark age’, Early Medieval Scotland (AD 300–900) was a crucible of different langu... .... Learn More -
Scotland in Early Medieval Europe [Paperback]
Alice E. Blackwell (Editor)
£30.00ISBN: 9789088907524
Published by : Sidestone Press
This edited volume explores how (what is today) Scotland can be compared with, contrasted to, or was connected with other parts of Early Medieval Europe. Far from a ‘dark age’, Early Medieval Scotland (AD 300–900) was a crucible of different langu... .... Learn More -
The Anglo-Saxon Princely Burial at Prittlewell, Southend-on-Sea [Paperback]
Sue Hirst (Author); Christopher Scull (Author)
£15.00ISBN: 9781907586477
Published by : MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology)
In 2003 archaeologists discovered an intact princely burial between busy Priory Crescent and the railway line near Priory Park in Prittlewell. A find of international significance, this is the richest and most important Anglo-Saxon burial found s... .... Learn More
