Vikings of the Irish Sea

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

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Beskrivning

Vikings began raiding islands and monasteries on the Atlantic fringes of Europe in the 790s. The Irish Sea rapidly became one of their most productive hunting grounds. Attacks, battles and destruction were accompanied by trade – in slaves, silver and fine objects.Vikings crossed and re-crossed the Irish Sea in search of land, wealth and power. Raids were followed by settlement, first in fortified camps, and later in towns, market enclaves and rural estates. Vikings came into contact with existing populations in Ireland, Britain and the Isle of Man. Viking paganism, demonstrated by spectacular burials, was gradually eclipsed by Christianity. By 1050, the process of assimilation was well under way, yet Viking influence and distinctiveness did not altogether disappear.This updated edition of Vikings of the Irish Sea takes the sea as its starting point and looks afresh at the story of a supremely opportunistic people who left their mark in ways that still resonate today.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2025-01-30
Mått:156 x 234 x 26 mm
Vikt:356 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:266
Förlag:The History Press Ltd
ISBN:9781803997698

Utforska kategorier

Vikingarna inom Historia och arkeologi
Sjöfartshistoria inom Historia och arkeologi
Militärhistoria inom Historia och arkeologi

Mer om författaren

DAVID GRIFFITHS is Reader in Archaeology and a Fellow of Kellogg College, Oxford University.

Recensioner i media

‘The seas around Britain and Ireland provided the corridors through which people and ideas spread. In this highly original study of the Irish Sea, David Griffiths offers a vivid insight into the huge social and economic impact brought about by the Norse seafarers who flooded into the region between the 8th and 11th centuries. The mass of archaeological evidence, much of it recently discovered, is here skilfully analysed to offer a fresh, and often surprising, insight into the dynamics of this energetic maritime society.'

Innehållsförteckning

TitleCopyrightContentsList of IllustrationsPrefaceChapter 1: Introduction VikingsThe Irish Sea‘The Irish Sea Province’The Irish Sea in the pre-Viking periodSources of evidence for the Viking period Chapter 2: Raids and Early Settlement in Ireland Longphort and dún: the Viking base on land‘Dark’ and ‘fair’ foreigners, and the ‘Gallgoídil’ Chapter 3: Exporting Violence and Seeking Landfall c. 850–c. 1050 Weakness and opportunity: Galloway and CumbriaFrom Dublin to BrunanburhThe later tenth and early eleventh centuries Chapter 4: Land-take and Landscape Estates and landholdingTerritory, boundaries and defenceMeetings and ‘things’Rural settlement archaeology Chapter 5: Burial: Changing Rites, New Places Regional surveys 1: IrelandRegional surveys 2: The Isle of ManRegional surveys 3: From the Solway Firth to WalesViking-period finds and burial in churchyards Chapter 6: Trade, Silver and Market Sites Hoards and currencySingle finds and market sites Chapter 7: Towns and Urbanisation Tenth- and eleventh-century DublinAnglo-Saxon urbanisation and tenth-century ChesterTrade in the Bristol Channel, and the later Hiberno-Norse towns Chapter 8: Assimilation and Cultural Change Burial and commemorationReligious conversion and Viking motifsAn Irish Sea metalwork tradition?Architecture: urban and ruralLanguage and inscriptionsHybridity and acculturation – the process of cultural change Chapter 9: ConclusionList of AbbreviationsNotesBibliography