| Description |
xviii, 330 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : archaeology and the medieval period -- 1. The north/south divide of the Middle Saxon period -- 2. Enter the Vikings -- 3. Rural life in Late Saxon times -- 4. Urban life in Late Saxon times -- 5. Urban life in the Middle Ages -- 6. Rural life in the Middle Ages -- 7. Trade, industry and security -- 8. The end of the Middle Ages? |
| Summary |
"Redefining everything from the role of the Vikings - conventionally depicted as rapists and pillagers but here shown to have played a crucial role in extending existing trade routes - to the supposed rigidity of the feudal system - now revealed to have existed in a state of considerable flux - Britain in the Middle Ages demolishes many of the schoolroom myths about medieval Britain. Far from a period of stasis, Francis Pryor demonstrates that the Middle Ages, particularly the two centuries following the Black Death epidemic of 1348, were a time of diversity, transition and growth."--BOOK JACKET. |
| Subject |
Archaeology, Medieval -- Great Britain.
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Excavations (Archaeology) -- Great Britain.
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Great Britain -- History -- Medieval period, 1066-1485.
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Great Britain -- Antiquities.
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| ISBN |
0007203616 (hbk.) |
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9780007203611 (hbk.) |
| Standard No. |
YDXCP 100432291 |
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NLGGC 295586206 |
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NZ1 10691212 |
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AU@ 000042222002 |
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AU@ 000040413050 |
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