Northwest Europe in the early Middle Ages, c. AD 600-1150 : a comparative archaeology / Christopher Loveluck.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Loveluck, Christopher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social archaeology.

Social change.

History.

Europe--History--476-1492.

Europe.

Europe--Social conditions--To 1492.

Social conditions.

Social history--Medieval, 500-1500.

Social history.

Social history--Medieval.

Social change--Europe--History--To 1500.

Social archaeology--Europe, Northern.

Civilization, Medieval.

Northern Europe.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 466 pages ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.

Contents:

The social fabric of northwest Europe, AD 600-1150: paradigms and perspectives

Small farming communities of West Francia, AD 600-900

Larger farming communities, specialist producers and collectors in West Francia, AD 600-900

Farming communities of Anglo-Saxon England and the Atlantic fringes, AD 600-900

Expressions of leadership and models for emulation, AD 500-900

Conspicuous consumption and secular authority in the landscape, AD 650-900

Diocesan towns, ad 600-900

Ports and maritime-oriented societies, AD 600-900

Transformations in architectures and settings of public power, AD 900-1150

The rural world, AD 900-1150: lifestyles of old and new aristocracies

The rural world, AD 900-1150: social mobility, landscape reorganisation and colonization

Major ports and merchant patricians as catalysts for social change, AD 900-1100

Towns as regional centres and urban diversity, AD 900-1150.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781107037632

1107037638

OCLC:

836748332