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 King in the North: The Pictish Realms of Fortriu and Ce [Paperback]
Gordon Noble (Author); Nicholas Evans (Author)
£14.99ISBN: 9781780275512
Published by : Birlinn
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Some years ago a revolution took place in Early Medieval history in Scotland. The Pictish heartland of Fortriu, previously thought to be centred on Perthshire and the Tay found itself relocated through the forensic work of Alex Woolf to the shores... .... Learn More -
The Merovingian Kingdoms and the Mediterranean World: Revisiting the Sources [Hardback]
Stefan Esders (Editor); Yitzhak Hen (Editor); Pia Lucas (Editor); Tamar Rotman (Editor)
£85.00ISBN: 9781350048386
Published by : Bloomsbury
Series: Studies in Early Medieval History
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This book explores the Merovingian kingdoms in Gaul within a broader Mediterranean context. Their politics and culture have mostly been interpreted in the past through a narrow local perspective, but as the papers in this volume clearly demonstrat... .... Learn More -
Columba [Paperback]
Tim Clarkson (Author)
£9.99ISBN: 9781780275772
Published by : Birlinn
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Who was St Columba? How did this Irish aristocrat become the most important figure in early Scottish Christianity? This book examines the different roles played by the saint in life and death, tracing his career in Ireland and Scotland, where w... .... Learn More -
The Viking Way: Magic and Mind in Late Iron Age Scandinavia [Hardback]
Neil Price (Author)
Regular Price: £30.00
Special Price: £22.50
ISBN: 9781842172605
Published by : Oxbow Books
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Magic, sorcery and witchcraft are among the most common themes of the great medieval Icelandic sagas and poems, the problematic yet vital sources that provide our primary textual evidence for the Viking Age that they claim to describe. Yet desp... .... Learn More -
The Lands of Saint Ambrose: Monks and Society in Carolingian Milan [Hardback]
Ross Balzaretti (Author)
£125.00ISBN: 9782503509778
Published by : Brepols
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This book provides a history of early medieval Milan that incorporates the as-yet underestimated role of the city's Benedictine monastery. This book is a history of Milan in the early medieval period. It investigates the political, social, and ... .... Learn More -
The Idea of Anglo-Saxon England 1066-1901: Remembering, Forgetting, Deciphering, and Renewing the Past [Paperback]
John D. Niles (Author)
£24.99ISBN: 9781119071242
Published by : Wiley-Blackwell
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The Idea of Anglo Saxon England, 1066-1901 presents the first systematic review of the ways in which Anglo-Saxon studies have evolved from their beginnings to the twentieth centuryTells the story of how the idea of Anglo-Saxon England evolved from... .... Learn More -
Beside the Ocean: Coastal Landscapes at the Bay of Skaill, Marwick, and Birsay Bay, Orkney: Archaeological Research 2003-18 [Hardback]
David Griffiths (Author); Jane Harrison (Author); Michael Athanson (Author)
Regular Price: £45.00
Special Price: £33.75
ISBN: 9781789250961
Published by : Oxbow Books
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The Bay of Skaill, Marwick Bay, and Birsay Bay form openings in the high sandstone cliffs of Orkney’s Atlantic coast. These west-facing bays have long been favoured locations for settlement, with access to the ocean, to fresh water, to land and to... .... Learn More -
Old Age in Early Medieval England: A Cultural History [Hardback]
Thijs Porck (Author)
£60.00ISBN: 9781783273751
Published by : Boydell & Brewer
Series: Anglo-Saxon Studies
Volume: 33
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How did Anglo-Saxons reflect on the experience of growing old? Was it really a golden age for the elderly, as has been suggested? This first full survey of the Anglo-Saxon cultural conceptualisation of old age, as manifested and reflected in the t... .... Learn More -
Edward the Elder: King of the Anglo-Saxons, Forgotten Son of Alfred [Hardback]
Michael John Key (Author)
£20.00ISBN: 9781445684772
Published by : Amberley Publishing
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Edward the Elder, king of the Anglo-Saxons between c.899-924, succeeded to the throne following the death of his father Alfred the Great. It was therefore Edward's destiny to follow in the wake of the most famous Anglo-Saxon king of them all. In t... .... Learn More -
Anglo-Saxon Towers of Lordship [Hardback]
Michael G. Shapland (Author)
£85.00ISBN: 9780198809463
Published by : Oxford University Press
Series: Medieval History and Archaeology
It has long been assumed that England lay outside the Western European tradition of castle-building until after the Norman Conquest of 1066. It is now becoming apparent that Anglo-Saxon lords had been constructing free-standing towers at their res... .... Learn More
