Alan Macniven

Broschiertes Buch

The Vikings in Islay

The Place of Names in Hebridean Settlement History

Beschreibung

This book challenges traditional assumptions about the nature of Viking settlement in the Inner Hebrides and will be of interest to researchers, students and amateur historians of Place-Name Studies, Viking Studies, Scottish Medieval History, Scottish Studies and Scandinavian Cultural History.

Autor

Alan Macniven is a lecturer in the department of Scandinavian Studies at the University of Edinburgh. He is responsible for honours and postgraduate courses in Viking Studies, Old Norse Studies, and the Material Culture of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic Scotland, and has organised a number of conferences and seminars on similar themes. His research to date has focused on Scandinavian place-names in Scotland and their value as indicators of cultural change.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Donald Publishers Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. November 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 154mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 550g
• ISBN-13: 9781906566623
• ISBN-10: 1906566623
• Artikelnr.: 38567053