D. M. Hadley

The Vikings in England

Settlement, Society and Culture

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Provides a starting point for researchers and students investigating the Viking settlement of Britain. This book considers the history and development of contemporary debates about Scandinavian settlement, and examines differences between rural and urban Viking settlement. It looks at the Scandinavian conversion to Christianity.

Produktdetails

• Manchester Medieval Studies
• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. November 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9780719059827
• ISBN-10: 0719059828
• Artikelnr.: 21116748

Autorenporträt

D. M. Hadley is Professor in Medieval Archaeology at the University of Sheffield

Inhaltsangabe

1. The Scandinavian settlements: the development of a debate 2.
Anglo-Scandinavian political accommodation 3. Scandinavian rural settlement
4. Scandinavians in the urban environment 5. Churches and the
Scandinavians: chaos, conversion and change 6. Burial practices: ethnicity,
gender and social status Epilogue Bibliography Index