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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The Staffordshire Hoard: An Anglo-Saxon Treasure [Hardback]
Chris Fern (Editor); Tania Dickinson (Editor); Leslie Webster (Editor)
£45.00ISBN: 9781527233508
Published by : Society of Antiquaries of London
Series: Research Report of the Society of Antiquaries of London
Volume: 80
The Staffordshire Hoard: An Anglo-Saxon Treasure tells the story of the Staffordshire Hoard’s discovery and acquisition, and the six-year research project that pieced its fragments back together, identified its objects and explored their manufact... .... Learn More -
A Norse Settlement in the Outer Hebrides: Excavations on Mounds 2 and 2A, Bornais, South Uist [Hardback]
Niall Sharples (Editor)
£35.00Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 9781789250466
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Bornais
Volume: 3
The settlement at Bornais in the Western Isles of Scotland is one of the largest rural settlements known from the Norse period in Britain. It spans the period from the fifth to the fifteenth century AD when the Atlantic seaboard was subject to dra... .... Learn More -
The Lost Art of the Anglo-Saxon World: The Sacred and Secular Power of Embroidery [Paperback]
Alexandra Lester-Makin (Author)
£38.00Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 9781789251449
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Ancient Textiles Series
Volume: 35
This latest title in the highly successful Ancient Textiles series is the first substantial monograph-length historiography of early medieval embroideries and their context within the British Isles. The book brings together and analyses for the fi... .... Learn More -
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 [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 -
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 -
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)
£48.00Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 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)
£25.00Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 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
