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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Looting or Missioning: Insular and Continental Sacred Objects in Viking Age Contexts in Norway [Hardback]
Egil Mikkelsen (Author)
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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 -
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 si... .... Learn More -
The Viking Way: Magic and Mind in Late Iron Age Scandinavia [Hardback]
Neil Price (Author)
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ISBN: 9781842172605
Published by : Oxbow Books
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 -
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)
£45.00Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 9781789250961
Published by : Oxbow Books
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 -
The Lands of Saint Ambrose: Monks and Society in Carolingian Milan [Hardback]
Ross Balzaretti (Author)
£135.00ISBN: 9782503509778
Published by : Brepols
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 -
Anglo-Saxon Studies in Archaeology and History 21 [Paperback]
Helena Hamerow (Editor)
£30.00ISBN: 9781905905447
Published by : Oxford University School of Archaeology
Series: Anglo-Saxon Studies in Archaeology and History
Volume: 21
A selection of papers on the Anglo-Saxon period, including papers on non-ferrous dress-accessories from early medieval Lincoln; The Anglo-Saxon settlement at Catholme, Staffordshire; transformation and use of insular moun... .... Learn More -
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)
£55.00Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 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
