Medieval & Viking
Large Cargo Ships in Danish Waters 1000-1250 Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 378
ISBN: 9788785180537
Pub Date: 22 Jan 2015
Series: Ships & Boats of the North
Illustrations: 240 illustrations
Description:
“A wealthy man in Denmark, citizen of the town of Schleswig, built a large ship at great expense. And the king of the country decided to join company and take part in the profits. And after he had made good half of the costs, he owned a corresponding part of the ship …”The medieval Hanseatic merchants are famous for their maritime trade network, which extended across Northern Europe from the 13th century onward.
Seals and their Context in the Middle Ages Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 208
ISBN: 9781782978176
Pub Date: 08 Jan 2015
Imprint: Oxbow Books
Illustrations: b/w and colour illustrations
Description:
Seals and their Context in the Middle Ages offers an extensive overview of approaches to and the potential of sigillography, as well as introducing a wider readership to the range, interest and artistry of medieval seals. Seals were used throughout medieval society in a wide range of contexts: royal, governmental, ecclesiastical, legal, in trade and commerce and on an individual and personal level. The fourteen papers presented here, which originate from a conference held in Aberystwyth in April 2012, focus primarily on British material but there is also useful reference to continental Europe.
RRP: £90.00
De archeologische schatkamer Maaskant Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 468
ISBN: 9789088902253
Pub Date: 31 Dec 2014
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Description:
This books present papers on the archaeology of the region between the river Meuse and the city of Oss (Netherlands), locally known as the "Maaskant". The papers presented in this volume discuss the period from 3000 BC until 1500 AD. The wealth of archaeological data from this region indicated this part of the Netherlands was inhabited by early farmers already 5000 years ago.
The End and Beyond Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 964
ISBN: 9781891271205
Pub Date: 08 Dec 2014
Imprint: Celtic Studies Publications
Description:
What awaits us beyond the grave is perhaps the fundamental human mystery. Visionary accounts of the afterlife are attested long before the Common Era, and loomed large in the imaginative universe of early Christianity. The medieval Irish inherited and further transformed this tradition, producing vivid eschatological narratives which had a profound impact throughout Europe as well as being works of remarkable literary and spiritual power in their own right.
Medieval Childhood Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 160
ISBN: 9781782976981
Pub Date: 02 Dec 2014
Imprint: Oxbow Books
Illustrations: b/w and colour illustrations
Description:
The nine papers presented here set out to broaden the recent focus of archaeological evidence for medieval children and childhood and to offer new ways of exploring their lives and experiences. The everyday use of space and changes in the layout of buildings are examined, in order to reveal how these impacted upon the daily practices and tasks of household tasks relating to the upbringing of children. Aspects of work and play are explored: how, archaeologically, we can determine whether, and in what context, children played board and dice games?
Danish Medieval Castles Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 302
ISBN: 9788771241792
Pub Date: 31 Oct 2014
Description:
Danish Medieval Castles is the first comprehensive overview in English of the castles and fortifications that are known from medieval Denmark. The book tells the story of who built the castles, when they did so, and why this happened. Over the past decades several castle buildings and earthworks have been examined, a few new archaeological sites have been found, and old excavations have been reopened.
Saturated Sensorium Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 400
ISBN: 9788771243130
Pub Date: 31 Oct 2014
Description:
The Middle Ages integrated the human senses and unified their media into a culture of saturated sensation. The saturated sensoriùm nurtured principles of perception and mediation permeated with paradox, intersensorial entanglement, and multimodal interchange. This book addresses medieval modes of multi- and intermediality in material as well as immaterial culture and cultural history.
Towns and Topography Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 196
ISBN: 9781782977025
Pub Date: 27 Oct 2014
Imprint: Oxbow Books
Illustrations: b/w and col. illustrations
Description:
Fifteen papers examine a variety of aspects of medieval towns and their topography. The first part of the volume comprises essays on the excavations in the Frankish emporium of Quentovic, directed by David Hill; London; Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Scandinavian mints; the burhs of Somerset; and urban perspectives in literature. The second part concentrates on topographical subjects including an examination of the significance of the distribution through trade of Mayen Lava quernstones in early medieval north-west Europe and the evidence of a charter for the topography of late Anglo-Saxon Worcester which reveals that standing crosses were, by then, considered old fashioned.
RRP: £60.00
Animals in Saxon and Scandinavian England Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 222
ISBN: 9789088902666
Pub Date: 22 Aug 2014
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Description:
In this book an analysis of over 300 animal bone assemblages from English Saxon and Scandinavian sites is presented. The data set is summarised in extensive tables for use as comparanda for future archaeozoological studies.Animals in Saxon and Scandinavian England takes as its core four broad areas of analysis.
The Early Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms of Southern Britain AD 450-650 Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 240
ISBN: 9781782976127
Pub Date: 04 Jun 2014
Imprint: Oxbow Books
Illustrations: b/w and col. illustrations
Description:
The Tribal Hidage, attributed to the 7th century, records the named groups and polities of early Anglo-Saxon England and the taxation tribute due from their lands and surpluses. Whilst providing some indication of relative wealth and its distribution, rather little can be deduced from the Hidage concerning the underlying economic and social realities of the communities documented. Sue Harrington and the late Martin Welch have adopted a new approach to these issues, based on archaeological information from 12,000 burials and 28,000 objects of the period AD 450–650.
Aggersborg Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 475
ISBN: 9788788415872
Pub Date: 31 May 2014
Series: Jutland Archaeological Society Publications
Description:
Aggersborg is the largest of the Danish circular fortresses of the Viking Age. Built by the king, Harald Bluetooth, in the second half of the tenth century, it was strategically placed on the shore of the Limfjord. Together with other Danish fortifications it was intended to play a major role in the politics of northern Europe.
The World in the Viking Age Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 140
ISBN: 9788785180704
Pub Date: 28 Apr 2014
Description:
The Viking Age was ignited by the art of building seaworthy sailing ships and the skills to sail them on the open sea. The growth in seafaring, trade, piracy, and exploration that began to gather momentum during the 8th century CE was not limited to Europe’s northern seas, however. Ships, laden with cargo and with seafarers who met foreign cultures, created unexpected connections between people from the Arctic Circle to the oceans south of the equator.
Silk for the Vikings Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 120
ISBN: 9781782972150
Pub Date: 23 Apr 2014
Imprint: Oxbow Books
Series: Ancient Textiles
Illustrations: b/w and col. illustrations
Description:
The analysis of silk is a fascinating topic for research in itself but here, focusing on the 9th and 10th centuries, Marianne Vedeler takes a closer look at the trade routes and the organization of production, trade and consumption of silk during the Viking Age. Beginning with a presentation of the silk finds in the Oseberg burial, the richest Viking burial find ever discovered, the other silk finds from high status graves in Scandinavia are discussed along with an introduction to the techniques used to produce raw silk and fabrics. Later chapters concentrate on trade and exchange, considering the role of silk items both as trade objects and precious gifts, and in the light of coin finds.
Historic Wigtown Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 152
ISBN: 9781909990005
Pub Date: 01 Apr 2014
Series: Scottish Burgh Survey
Description:
Situated in what now seems a remote corner of south-west Scotland, Wigtown was once an important county town. With its harbour and location at the lowest fording point of the River Cree, Wigtown was at one time part of a major network of land and sea routes, including a pilgrim route to Whithorn. The layout of the town is notable for its large market square, a reflection of its importance in the cattle trade in the medieval period.
Medieval Haywharf to 20th-century brewery Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 150
ISBN: 9781907586231
Pub Date: 31 Mar 2014
Illustrations: Fully colour illustrated
Description:
Archaeological excavation by MOLA at Watermark Place in the City of London revealed evidence for the development of the city waterfront from the 13th century onwards. The remains of substantial and well-preserved timber river walls and timber/stone dock walls were recorded, and the use of tree-ring dating enabled the construction of one large timber river wall and dock to be dated to the year 1339. Many of the recorded structures related to the medieval wharf known as the Haywharf, probably originally so-named because it was where hay was imported into the city before c 1300.
Prehistoric, Romano-British and Medieval Occupation in the Frome Valley, Gloucestershire Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 82
ISBN: 9780955353451
Pub Date: 31 Mar 2014
Illustrations: 30
Description:
This volume contains the results of two archaeological projects undertaken within the Frome Valley, Gloucestershire. The first describes a Beaker pit and evidence for a Romano-British settlement at Foxes Field, Ebley Road, Stonehouse; the second details the remains of medieval enclosures and a fishpond at Rectory Meadows, Kings Stanley. There is little to connect the two sites, other than them being less than a mile apart, with the site at Foxes Field principally comprising an early Roman-British rural settlement and late Romano-British burial ground; and the site at Rectory Meadows featuring medieval paddocks and a late medieval pond.