| Reviews |
| - '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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| Description | | - 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.
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Readership: Undergraduates on medieval British history courses, and students of medieval European history or medieval literature. Also the general reader interested in British heritage.
| Contents |
List of Illustrations
List of Maps
List of Contributors
Introduction
,
Wendy Davies
1.
Monarchy, Hegemony and Anarchy
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Pauline Stafford
2.
Vikings
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Barbara Crawford
3.
Exchange, Trade and Urbanization
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David Griffiths
4.
Lords and Labour
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Robin Fleming
5.
The Christianization of Society
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Huw Pryce
6.
Writing
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Daibhi Croinin
7.
Britain, Ireland and the World to the South
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John Gillingham
Conclusion
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Wendy Davies
Further Reading
Chronology
Glossary
Genealogy
Maps
Index
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| Authors, editors,
and contributors |
Wendy Davies, Pro-Provost, European Affairs, and Professor of History, University College London
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