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From the Vikings to the Normans
Wendy Davies
296 pages
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numerous halftones and maps
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216x138mm
978-0-19-870051-7
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Paperback
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19 June 2003
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- A lively and stimulating overview of the period 800-1100 A.D.
- Offers an integrated treatment of the whole of the British Isles, not just England
- Written by a strong contributor team made up of very well-known names in the field, who give authoritative accounts of each thematic area
- Features extensive maps and illustrations plus a chronology and a glossary of medieval terms for those new to the period
This readable and authoritative volume covers the history of the Britain and Ireland between 800 and 1100 A.D. Seven chapters contributed by a team of experts cover key of this period, such as the Vikings, monarchies and other political structures, relationships between lords and labourers, developments in trade and urbanization, the christianization of society, the functions and dissemination of writing and scholarship, and relationships between Britain, Ireland and the Mediterranean civilizations to the south. To create a fully-rounded overview of the period, Wendy Davies, the volume's editor,
has provided an Introduction giving a geographical context to the chapter narratives and discussing the available source material, and a Conclusion which pulls together the themes and currents running through the individual chapters.
Readership: Undergraduates and postgraduates on medieval British history courses, Celtic history courses,students of medieval European history or medieval literature. Also the general reader interested in British heritage.
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Wendy Davies, Pro-Provost, European Affairs, and Professor of History, University College London Home page of Wendy Davies Contributors:
Wendy Davies, University College London
Dáibhí Ó Cróinín, National University of Ireland, Galway
Pauline Stafford, University of Liverpool
Robin Fleming, Boston College
John Gillingham, London School of Economics
David Griffiths, University of Oxford
Huw Pryce, University of Wales, Bangor
Barbara Crawford,
University of St Andrews
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"This is an admirable collection of papers raising important themes and offering a number of challenges to accepted orthodoxies about the nature and development of the separate areas of early medieval Britain." - Advance praise from an academic in the Department of History, University of Sheffield
"With so distinguished a team of contributors, this book cannot . . . fail to be a success." - Advance praise from an academic at the University of Glasgow
"This book inaugurates a historiography of the early medieval British Isles and suggests some of the ways in which it might be written. The fact that it does so intelligibly and often compellingly is a mark of the quality of the individual contributions and the significance of the collective project in which they are engaged." - Early Medieval Europe 2006
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List of Illustrations
List of Maps
List of Contributors
Wendy Davies: Introduction
1: Pauline Stafford: Kings, Kingship and Kingdoms
2: Barbara E. Crawford: The Vikings
3: David Griffiths: Exchange, Trade and Urbanization
4: Robin Fleming: Lords and Labour
5: Huw Pryce: The Christianization of Society
6: Dáibhí Ó Cróinín: Writing
7: John Gillingham: Britain, Ireland and
Wendy Davies: Conclusion
Further Reading
Chronology
Glossary
Genealogy
Maps
Index
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