East Anglia and its North Sea world in the Middle Ages / edited by David Bates and Robert Liddiard.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bates, David, 1945- editor.

Liddiard, Robert, editor.

Dorothy Mann Yeakel & Paul Herbert Yeakel Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Archaeology, Medieval--England--East Anglia.

Archaeology, Medieval.

Relations.

East Anglia (England)--History.

East Anglia (England).

East Anglia (England)--Relations--Europe, Northern.

Europe, Northern--Relations--England--East Anglia.

Europe, Northern.

Northern Europe.

England.

England--East Anglia.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xiv, 349 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Woodbridge, Suffolk : Boydell Press, 2013.

Summary:

"East Anglia was a distinctive English region during the Middle Ages, but it was one that owed much of its character and identity to its place in a much wider "North Sea World" that stretched from the English Channel to Iceland, the Baltic and beyond. Relations between East Anglia and its maritime neighbours have for the most part been peaceful, involving migration and commercial, artistic, architectural and religious exchanges, but have also at times been characterised by violence and contestation. All these elements have played a significant role in processes of historical change that have shaped the history both of East Anglia and its North Sea world. This collection of essays discusses East Anglia in the context of this maritime framework and explores the extent to which there was a distinctive community bound together by the shared frontier of the North Sea during the Middle Ages"--Back cover.

Contents:

Part I East Anglia and the North Sea World: Overviews

1 The Origins of East Anglia in a North Sea Zone / John Hines Hines, John 16

2 East Anglia's Character and the 'North Sea World' / Tom Williamson Williamson, Tom 44

3 Cities, Cogs and Commerce: Archaeological Approaches to the Material Culture of the North Sea World / Brian Ayers Ayers, Brian 63

4 Medieval Art in Norfolk and the Continent: An Overview / David King King, David 82

Part II Trade and Economy

5 The Circulation, Minting, and Use of Coins in East Anglia, c.AD 580-675 / Gareth Williams Williams, Gareth 120

6 Coinage in Pre-Viking East Anglia / Rory Naismith Naismith, Rory 137

7 The Castle and the Warren: Medieval East Anglian Fur Culture in Context / Aleksander Pluskowski Pluskowski, Aleksander 152

8 Economic Relations between East Anglia and Flanders in the Anglo-Norman Period / Eljas Oksanen Oksanen, Eljas 174

9 East Anglia's Trade in the North Sea World / Wendy R. Childs Childs, Wendy R. 188

10 Iceland's 'English Century' and East Anglia's North Sea World / Anna Agnarsdóttir Agnarsdóttir, Anna 204

Part III Case-Studies: Influences and Links

11 Ipswich: Contexts of Funerary Evidence from an Urban Precursor of the Seventh Century AD / Christopher Scull Scull, Christopher 218

12 Imports or Immigrants? Reassessing Scandinavian Metalwork in Late Anglo-Saxon East Anglia / Tim Pestell Pestell, Tim 230

13 Stone Building in Romanesque East Anglia / Stephen Heywood Heywood, Stephen 256

14 Romanesque East Anglia and the Empire / Richard Plant Plant, Richard 270

15 All in the Same Boat? East Anglia, the North Sea World and the 1147 Expedition to Lisbon / Charles West West, Charles 287

16 The Liber Celestis of St Bridget of Sweden (1302/3-1373) and its Influence on the Household Culture of Some Late Medieval Norfolk Women / Carole Hill Hill, Carole 301

17 Flemish Influence on English Manuscript Painting in East Anglia in the Late Fourteenth Century / Lynda Dennison Dennison, Lynda 315.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Dorothy Mann Yeakel & Paul Herbert Yeakel Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

184383846X

9781843838463

OCLC:

818734952

Publisher Number:

99954900162