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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Loveluck, Christopher, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social history--Medieval, 500-1500.

Social history.

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

Social change.

Social archaeology--Europe, Northern.

Social archaeology.

Civilization, Medieval.

Europe--History--476-1492.

Europe.

Europe--Social conditions--To 1492.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiii, 466 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Christopher Loveluck's study explores the transformation of Northwest Europe (primarily Britain, France and Belgium) from the era of the first post-Roman 'European Union' under the Carolingian Frankish kings to the so-called 'feudal' age, between c. AD 600 and 1150. During these centuries radical changes occurred in the organisation of the rural world. Towns and complex communities of artisans and merchant-traders emerged and networks of contact between northern Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Middle and Far East were redefined, with long-lasting consequences into the present day. Loveluck provides the most comprehensive comparative analysis of the rural and urban archaeological remains in this area for twenty-five years. Supported by evidence from architecture, relics, manuscript illuminations and texts, this book explains how the power and intentions of elites were confronted by the aspirations and actions of the diverse rural peasantry, artisans and merchants, producing both intended and unforeseen social changes.

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:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-139-89177-4

1-107-46138-3

1-107-45929-X

1-107-47217-2

1-107-46510-9

1-107-46859-0

1-139-79472-8

OCLC:

862077011