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Food Culture in Medieval Scandinavia
Av Viktória Gyönki, Andrea Maraschi
Häftad, 2025
726 kr
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The making, eating, and sharing of food throughout society represents an important and exciting area of study with the potential to advance the field of scholarship, particularly in the context of Scandinavian Studies. This book analyses the historical, legal, and literary sources of the region …
Myth and History in Celtic and Scandinavian Traditions
Av Emily Lyle
Häftad, 2025
705 kr
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Myth and History in Celtic and Scandinavian Traditions explores the traditions of two fascinating and contiguous cultures in north-western Europe. History regularly brought these two peoples into contact, most prominently with the viking invasion of Ireland. In the famous Second Battle of Mag …
Shapeshifters in Medieval North Atlantic Literature
Av Santiago Francisco Barreiro, Luciana Mabel Cordo Russo
Häftad, 2025
811 kr
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Representations of shapeshifters are prominent in medieval culture and they are particularly abundant in the vernacular literatures of the societies around the North Sea. Some of the figures in these stories remain well known in later folklore and often even in modern media, such as werewolves, …
Charlemagne’s Defeat in the Pyrenees
The Battle of Rencesvals
Av Xabier Irujo
Häftad, 2025
726 kr
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The Battle of Errozabal (Rencesvals) is the one of the most significant historical events of eighth century Vasconia and in all Western Europe. The present monograph examines Charlemagne’s campaign from the perspective of military history but also as part of a complex socio-political process that …
Ethnic Identity and the Archaeology of the aduentus Saxonum
A Modern Framework and its Problems
Häftad, 2025
726 kr
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For centuries, archaeologists have excavated the soils of Britain to uncover finds from the early medieval past. These finds have been used to reconstruct the alleged communities, migration patterns, and expressions of identity of coherent groups who can be regarded as ethnic 'Anglo-Saxons'. Even …
Fish Trade in Medieval North Atlantic Societies
An Interdisciplinary Approach to Human Ecodynamics
Av Val Dufeu
Häftad, 2025
726 kr
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Val Dufeu here reconstructs settlement patterns of fishing communities in Viking Age Iceland and proposes socio-economic and environmental models relevant to any study of the Vikings or the North Atlantic. She integrates written sources, geoarchaeological data, and zooarchaeological data to examine …
Fosterage in Medieval Ireland
An Emotional History
Häftad, 2025
811 kr
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Fosterage was a central feature of medieval Irish society, yet the widespread practice of sending children to another family to be cared for until they reached adulthood is a surprisingly neglected topic. Where it has been discussed, fosterage is usually conceptualised and treated as a purely legal …
Otherworld Women in Early Irish Literature
Av Heather Key
Häftad, 2025
811 kr
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In early Ireland, there were many names for what scholars have dubbed the ‘Otherworld’: the Plain of Delights, the Land of Youth, the Land of Promise, and more. Many of the myths and legends from this period involve an encounter between a hero and a woman from this Otherworld, with sufficient …
Outlawry, Liminality, and Sanctity in the Literature of the Early Medieval North Atlantic
Häftad, 2025
811 kr
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In reality, medieval outlaws were dangerous, desperate individuals. In the fiction of the Middle Ages, however, the possibilities afforded by their position on societies' margins granted them the ability to fill a number of transitory, transgressive roles: young adventurer, freedom fighter, and …
Rethinking Authority in the Carolingian Empire
Ideals and Expectations during the Reign of Louis the Pious (813-828)
Häftad, 2025
705 kr
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By the early ninth century, the responsibility for a series of social, religious and political transformations had become an integral part of running the Carolingian empire. This became especially clear when, in 813/4, Louis the Pious and his court seized the momentum generated by their …
Roman Infrastructure in Early Medieval Britain
The Adaptations of the Past in Text and Stone
Häftad, 2025
726 kr
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Early Medieval Britain was more Roman than we think. The Roman Empire left vast infrastructural resources on the island. These resources lay buried not only in dirt and soil, but also in texts, laws, chronicles, charters, even churches and landscapes. This book uncovers them and shows how they …
Anglo-Saxon Elite
Northumbrian Society in the Long Eighth Century
Häftad, 2025
726 kr
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In all of the literature on Anglo-Saxon England, rarely has the question of social class been confronted head-on. The Anglo-Saxon Elite: Northumbrian Society in the Long Eighth Century draws upon recent research into topics such as religious practice, emotions, daily life, and intellectual culture …
Imperial City of Cologne
From Roman Colony to Medieval Metropolis (19 B.C.-1125 A.D.)
Häftad, 2025
726 kr
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The Imperial City of Cologne: From Roman Colony to Medieval Metropolis (19 B.C.-1125 A.D.) is an urban history of Cologne from its imperial Roman origins as a northeastern frontier military outpost to a medieval metropolis on the German Empire's northwestern border. This first history of Cologne, …
Medieval Cultures of the Irish Sea and the North Sea
Manannán and his Neighbors
Av Charles MacQuarrie, Joseph Nagy
Häftad, 2025
811 kr
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The literary, historical, and linguistic confluence that characterized the Irish Sea region in the pre-modern period is reflected in the interdisciplinarity of these new research essays, centered on the literatures, languages, and histories of the Irish-Sea communities of the Middle Ages, much of …
Transformations of Identity and Society in Anglo-Saxon Essex
A Case Study of an Early Medieval North Atlantic Community
Häftad, 2025
726 kr
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Transformations of Identity and Society in Anglo-Saxon Essex: A Case Study of an Early Medieval North Atlantic Community presents the results of a comprehensive archaeological study of early medieval Essex (c.AD 400-1066). This region provides an important case study for examining coastal societies …
Urbanization in Viking Age and Medieval Denmark
From Landing Place to Town
Av Maria Corsi
Häftad, 2025
726 kr
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This study traces the history of urbanization in Denmark from c. 500 to 1350 and explores how interconnected political, religious, and economic factors were instrumental in bringing about the growth of towns. Prior to urban development, certain specialized sites such as elite residences and coastal …
Danelaw in Viking Age England
The Distribution, Impact, and Duration of Danish Law
Inbunden, 2026
2585 kr
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This book provides the first comprehensive reassessment in over 30 years of the Danelaw, an area of north-eastern England, established in the late 9th century in a treaty made between King Alfred of Wessex and King Guthrum of East Anglia. It revisits its duration, its boundary, trade dynamics, and …
Transformations of Identity and Society in Anglo-Saxon Essex
A Case Study of an Early Medieval North Atlantic Community
Inbunden, 2019
2195 kr
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Transformations of Identity and Society in Anglo-Saxon Essex: A Case Study of an Early Medieval North Atlantic Community presents the results of a comprehensive archaeological study of early medieval Essex (c.AD 400-1066). This region provides an important case study for examining coastal societies …
Rethinking Authority in the Carolingian Empire
Ideals and Expectations during the Reign of Louis the Pious (813-828)
Inbunden, 2019
2131 kr
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By the early ninth century, the responsibility for a series of social, religious and political transformations had become an integral part of running the Carolingian empire. This became especially clear when, in 813/4, Louis the Pious and his court seized the momentum generated by their …
Fish Trade in Medieval North Atlantic Societies
An Interdisciplinary Approach to Human Ecodynamics
Av Val Dufeu
Inbunden, 2018
2195 kr
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This book reconstructs settlement patterns of fishing communities in Viking Age Iceland and proposes socio-economic and environmental models relevant to any study of the Vikings or the North Atlantic.
Outlawry, Liminality, and Sanctity in the Literature of the Early Medieval North Atlantic
Inbunden, 2018
2195 kr
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This book demonstrates how qualities and activities first associated with outlaws were repurposed to depict other transgressive figures in early medieval English, Irish, and Icelandic literature, and their travel throughout the archipelago used to convey moral instruction.
Shapeshifters in Medieval North Atlantic Literature
Av Santiago Francisco Barreiro, Luciana Mabel Cordo Russo
Inbunden, 2018
2000 kr
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The essays in this book highlight how shapeshifting cannot be studied in isolation, but intersects with many other topics, such as the supernatural, monstrosity, animality, gender and identity.
Urbanization in Viking Age and Medieval Denmark
From Landing Place to Town
Av Maria Corsi
Inbunden, 2020
2195 kr
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This study traces the history of urbanization in Denmark from c. 500 to 1350 and explores how interconnected political, religious, and economic factors were instrumental in bringing about the growth of towns.
Food Culture in Medieval Scandinavia
Av Viktória Gyönki, Andrea Maraschi
Inbunden, 2022
2195 kr
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This book analyses the historical, legal, and literary sources of the region during the medieval period to explore different aspects of Scandinavian culture relating to food and drink: production, consumption (including feasts), trading (distribution), and the associated social rituals.
Imperial City of Cologne
From Roman Colony to Medieval Metropolis (19 B.C.-1125 A.D.)
Inbunden, 2018
2195 kr
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This first history of Cologne available in English challenges received notions of late Roman ethnic identities, a Dark Age collapse of urban life, devastating Viking and Magyar incursions, and the origins of medieval urban government.
Medieval Cultures of the Irish Sea and the North Sea
Manannán and his Neighbors
Av Charles MacQuarrie, Joseph Nagy
Inbunden, 2019
2195 kr
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The literary, historical, and linguistic confluence that characterized the Irish Sea region in the pre-modern period is reflected in the interdisciplinarity of these new research essays, centered on the literatures, languages, and histories of the Irish-Sea communities of the Middle Ages, much of …
Fosterage in Medieval Ireland
An Emotional History
Inbunden, 2020
2195 kr
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This book offers a novel treatment of medieval Irish sources, uses a wide variety of genres of comment on the history of emotion and fills a gap in our understanding of fosterage as central to medieval Irish society.
Charlemagne’s Defeat in the Pyrenees
The Battle of Rencesvals
Av Xabier Irujo
Inbunden, 2021
2195 kr
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The present monograph examines Charlemagne's campaign from the perspective of military history but also as part of a complex socio-political process that began after the Muslim conquest of the Iberian Peninsula in 711 and culminated with the creation of the Kingdom of Pamplona in 824.
Anglo-Saxon Elite
Northumbrian Society in the Long Eighth Century
Inbunden, 2021
2195 kr
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In all of the literature on Anglo-Saxon England, rarely has the question of social class been confronted head-on. This study draws upon recent research into topics such as religious practice, emotions, daily life, and intellectual culture to investigate how the aristocracy of Northumbria maintained …
Roman Infrastructure in Early Medieval Britain
The Adaptations of the Past in Text and Stone
Inbunden, 2021
2195 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Early Medieval Britain was more Roman than we think. The Roman Empire left vast infrastructural resources on the island. These resources lay buried not only in dirt and soil, but also in texts, laws, chronicles, charters, even churches and landscapes. This book uncovers them and shows how they …
