Northwest Europe in the Early Middle Ages, C.Ad 600-1150: A Comparative Archaeology

ISBN-13: 9781107037632 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 492 str.

Christopher Loveluck

Opis

Using the most recently discovered archaeological and textual evidence, Christopher Loveluck explores the transformation of Northwest Europe, from AD 600 to 1150.

Recenzje

'Christopher Loveluck's magisterial survey of the emergence of medieval Europe from its origins in the fading Roman Empire is a solid contribution to the scholarship of the period.' Susan Oosthuizen, Landscape History

Spis treści

Part I. Context: 1. Introduction; 2. The social fabric of Northwest Europe, AD 600–1150: paradigms and perspectives; Part II. The Age of the Carolingians, c.AD 600–900: 3. Small farming communities of West Francia, AD 600–900; 4. Larger farming communities, specialist producers and collectors in West Francia, AD 600–900; 5. Farming communities of Anglo-Saxon England and the Atlantic fringes, AD 600–900; 6. Expressions of leadership and models for emulation, AD 500–900; 7. Conspicuous consumption and secular authority in the landscape, AD 650–900; 8. Diocesan towns, AD 600–900; 9. Ports and maritime-oriented societies, AD 600–900; Part III. From the Viking Age to Angevin Hegemony: 10. Transformations in architectures and settings of public power, AD 900–1150; 11. The rural world, AD 900–1150: lifestyles of old and new aristocracies; 12. The rural world, AD 900–1150: social mobility, landscape reorganisation and colonization; 13. Major ports and merchant patricians as catalysts for social change, AD 900–1100; 14. Towns as regional centres and urban diversity, AD 900–1150; 15. Final conclusions.