Negotiating the North: Meeting-Places in the Middle Ages in the North Sea Zone

ISBN-13: 9780367513863 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 370 str.

Opis

This book brings together the cumulative results of a three-year project focused on the assemblies and administrative systems of Scandinavia, Britain and the North Atlantic islands in the 1st and 2nd millennia ad.

Recenzje

"Negotiating the North is a truly impressive work, showing the importance of assembly places and practice for our comprehension of the changing communities of early medieval northern Europe via expert interrogation of the varied data." Duncan W Right – Medieval Archaeology

Spis treści

1. Introduction 2. Research Histories 3. Methods and Approaches 4. Lawthings and Inauguration Sites in Scandinavia 5. Landscapes of Law in Norway 6. Colonisation and Control: Assembly Systems to New Territories 7. Assembly and Trade in Iceland and Beyond 8. Things in the North 9.Concluding Thoughts