Anglo-Saxon, Viking & Early Medieval Europe (up to AD1000)
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Northern Emporium: Vol. 1 The Making of Viking-age Ribe [Hardback]
Søren M. Sindbæk (Editor)
£57.00ISBN: 9788793423749
Published by : Aarhus University Press
Series: Jutland Archaeological Society Publications
In the early Middle Ages, a network of maritime trading towns – emporia – emerged along the northern coasts of Europe. These early urban sites are among archaeology’s most notable contributions to our knowledge of the period between the disintegra... .... 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 -
Early Medieval Winchester: Communities, Authority and Power in an Urban Space, c.800-c.1200 [Hardback]
Ryan Lavelle (Editor); Simon Roffey (Editor); Katherine Weikert (Editor)
£49.95Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 9781789256239
Published by : Oxbow Books
Winchester’s identity as a royal centre became well established between the ninth and twelfth centuries, closely tied to the significance of the religious communities who lived within and without the city walls. The reach of power of Winchester wa... .... Learn More -
Old Norse - Old Icelandic: Concise Introduction to the Language of the Sagas [Paperback]
Jesse Byock (Author); Randall Gordon (Author); (Author)
£16.99ISBN: 9781953947093
Published by : Jules William Press
Series: Viking Language Old Norse Icelandic Series
Volume: 3
Old Norse - Old Icelandic: Concise Introduction to the Language of the Sagas is a new, modern "primer" for learning to read sagas and Viking myths in their original language. Carefully designed and easy-to-use, this primer teaches grammar... .... Learn More -
Horse and Rider in the Late Viking Age: Equestrian burial in perspective [Paperback]
Anne Pedersen (Editor); Merete Schifter Bagge (Editor)
£46.00ISBN: 9788771849981
Published by : Aarhus University Press
An equestrian burial from the 10th century with an exceptionally elaborate horse harness was discovered at Fregerslev near Skanderborg in eastern Jutland, Denmark in 2012. This formed the starting point for the Fregerslev Research Project initiate... .... Learn More -
Women and Weapons in the Viking World: Amazons of the North [Hardback]
Leszek Gardeła (Author)
£30.00Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 9781789256659
Published by : Oxbow Books
The Viking Age (c. 750-1050 AD) is conventionally seen as a tumultuous time when hordes of fierce warriors from Scandinavia wreaked havoc across the European continent and when Norse merchants travelled to distant corners of the world in pursuit o... .... Learn More -
Before the Military Revolution: European Warfare and the Rise of the Early Modern State 1300-1490 [Hardback]
Alexander Querengässer (Author)
£50.00Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 9781789256697
Published by : Oxbow Books
Before the Military Revolution examines European Warfare in the Late Middle Ages from 1300 to 1490. It is not restricted only to well-covered conflicts, like the Anglo-Scottish Wars or the Hundred Years War, but gives due weight to all re... .... Learn More -
The Birsay Bay Project Volume 3: The Brough of Birsay, Orkney: Investigations 1954-2014 [Hardback]
Christopher D. Morris (Author); Rachel C. Barrowman (Editor)
£55.00Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 9781789256079
Published by : Oxbow Books
The Brough of Birsay was the power-centre of the Viking earldom of Orkney and is one of Historic Environment Scotland’s key monuments and visitor attractions on the islands. This publication is the culmination of 60 years of investigations that to... .... Learn More -
Tracing Old Norse Cosmology: The world tree, middle earth and the sun in archaeological perspectives [Paperback]
Anders Andren (Author)
£39.95Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 9789188909619
Published by : Nordic Academic Press
The study of Old Norse religion is a truly multidisciplinary and international field of research. The rituals, myths, and narratives of pre-Christian Scandinavia have been studied and interpreted in detail by a vast number of scholars. They have l... .... Learn More