Anglo-Saxon, Viking & Early Medieval Europe (up to AD1000)
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Interpreting Transformations of People and Landscapes in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages: Archaeological Approaches and Issues [Hardback]
Pilar Diarte-Blasco (Editor); Neil Christie (Editor)
£55.00ISBN: 9781789250343
Published by : Oxbow Books
In this volume of papers, deriving from two conferences held in Rome and Leicester in 2016, nineteen leading European archaeologists discuss and interpret the complex evolution of landscapes – both urban and rural – across Late Antiquity and the E... .... Learn More -
Cille Pheadair: A Norse Farmstead and Pictish Burial Cairn in South Uist [Hardback]
Mike Parker Pearson (Author); Mark Brennand (Author); Jacqui Mulville (Author); Helen Smith (Author)
£35.00ISBN: 9781785708510
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Sheffield Environmental and Archaeological Research Campaign in the Hebrides
Volume: 7
Cille Pheadair is one of more than 20 Viking Age and Late Norse settlements discovered on the island of South Uist in the Outer Hebrides (Western Isles), off the west coast of Scotland. Its unusually well-preserved stratigraphic sequence of nine p... .... Learn More -
`Charms', Liturgies, and Secret Rites in Early Medieval England [Hardback]
Ciaran Arthur (Author)
Regular Price: £60.00
Special Price: £35.00
ISBN: 9781783273133
Published by : Boydell & Brewer
Series: Anglo-Saxon Studies
Volume: v. 32
Since its inception in the nineteenth century, the genre of Anglo-Saxon charms has drawn the attention of many scholars and appealed to enthusiasts of magic, paganism, and popular religion. Their Christian nature has been widely acknowledged in re... .... Learn More -
Preaching Apocrypha in Anglo-Saxon England [Hardback]
Brandon Hawk (Author)
Regular Price: £44.99
Special Price: £34.00
ISBN: 9781487503055
Published by : University of Toronto Press
Series: Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series
Preaching Apocrypha in Anglo-Saxon England is the first in-depth study of Christian apocrypha focusing specifically on the use of extra-biblical narratives in Old English sermons. The work contributes to our understanding of both the prevalence an... .... Learn More -
The Viking Age: A Time of Many Faces [Hardback]
Caroline Arcini (Author)
£38.00ISBN: 9781785709388
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 -
Writing the Early Medieval West [Hardback]
Elina Screen (Editor); Charles West (Editor)
Regular Price: £75.00
Special Price: £50.00
ISBN: 9781107198395
Published by : Cambridge University Press
Far from the oral society it was once assumed to have been, early medieval Europe was fundamentally shaped by the written word. This book offers a pioneering collection of fresh and innovative studies on a wide range of topics, each one representi... .... Learn More -
A History of Muslim Sicily [Paperback]
Leonard Chiarelli (Author)
£31.00ISBN: 9789993276456
Published by : Midsea Books
The book, now in it’s second revised edition, covers the period of Muslim Arab rule on the island from A.D. 827 to the Norman conquest in A.D. 1070. It is the first detailed study in English covering the various aspects of this 243-year period. It... .... Learn More -
Heirs of the Vikings: History and Identity in Normandy and England, c.950-c.1015 [Hardback]
Katherine Cross (Author)
Regular Price: £60.00
Special Price: £35.00
ISBN: 9781903153796
Published by : Boydell & Brewer
Viking settlers and their descendants inhabited both England and Normandy in the tenth century, but narratives discussing their origins diverged significantly. This comparative study explores the depictions of Scandinavia and the events of the Vik... .... Learn More -
Late Antique Calendrical Thought and Its Reception in the Early Middle Ages: Proceedings from the Third International Conference on the Science of Computus in Ireland and Europe, Galway, 16-18 July, 2010 [Paperback]
Daibhi O Croinin (Editor)
Regular Price: £75.00
Special Price: £55.00
ISBN: 9782503577098
Published by : Brepols
Series: Studia Traditionis Theologiae
Volume: 26
Late antique and early medieval science is commonly defined by the quadrivium, the four subjects of the seven liberal arts relating to natural science: astronomy, geometry, arithmetic, and music. The seven-fold division of learning was designed in... .... Learn More -
Tecniche di rilevamento e metodi di rappresentazione per l’Architettura Rupestre [Paperback]
Andrea Angelini (Author)
Regular Price: £29.00
Special Price: £21.00
ISBN: 9781407316123
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: BAR S
Volume: 2889
Rupestrian Architecture is a particular form of architecture that presents ‘constructive’ and morphological characteristics different from the traditional ones. This volume proposes a general revision of procedures for the 3D acquisition, elaborat... .... Learn More
