Landscapes of Defence in Early Medieval Europe

Baker, S. Brookes, A. Reynolds (eds.)

Published by BE - Brepols 2013

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Hardback, XVIII 384 p., 65 b/w ill., 156 x 234 mm,Languages: English. fine condition !! ISBN 9782503529561. Studies in the Early Middle Ages (SEM 28) This volume is the result of a conference at University College London in 2007 which addressed the scale and form of civil defences in early medieval Europe, c. 800?1000. Previous work has largely focussed on individual sites or specific categories of evidence. These papers offer new interdisciplinary perspectives driven by a landscape approach. Several contributions focus on civil defence in England around the time of King Alfred the Great, and together provide a new agenda for the study of Anglo-Saxon military landscapes. European case-studies facilitate a comparative approach to local and regional defensive structures and interpretive paradigms. Topics and themes covered include civil defence landscapes, the organization and form of defensive structures, and the relationships and dynamics between social complexity, militarization, and external threats. With papers ranging from England to Spain and Germany to Scandinavia the volume is of relevance to a range of disciplines including archaeology, history, onomastics, geography, and anthropology. John Baker is Research Associate at the University of Nottingham, Stuart Brookes is Research Associate, and Andrew Reynolds is Professor in Medieval Archaeology, both at the UCL Institute of Archaeology. Table of Contents, Preface,Archaeological Correlates for Anglo?Saxon Military Activity in Comparative Perspective - Andrew Reynolds Mapping Anglo-Saxon Civil Defence - Stuart Brookes The Language of Anglo-Saxon Defence - John Baker West Saxon Fortifications in the Ninth Century: The Perspective from the Written Sources - Barbara Yorke Wallingford: Place, Space, and Defence - Neil Christie with Oliver Creighton and Matt Edgeworth Military and Non-Military Functions of the Anglo-Saxon Burh, c. 878?978 - Gareth Williams Aspects of Suburban Settlement at Early Urban Centres in England - Andrew Agate The Costs and Consequences of Anglo-Saxon Civil Defence, 878?1066 - Richard Abels A Viking Age Landscape of Defence in the Low Countries?: The ringwalburgen in the Dutch Province of Zeeland - Letty ten Harkel Frankish and Slavic Fortifications in Germany from the Seventh to the Eleventh Centuries - Peter Ettel The Viking Age Paradox: Continuity and Discontinuity of Fortifications and Defence Works in Eastern Scandinavia - Charlotte Hedenstierna -Jonson, Lena Holmquist , and Michael Olausson Defensive Sites of the Early Middle Ages in North-West Spain - Juan Antonio Quiros Castillo Military Stress, Central Power, and Local Response in the County of Castile in the Tenth Century - Julio Escalona 0 g. Seller Inventory # 43014

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