Everyday Life in Viking-Age Towns
Social Approaches to towns in England and Ireland, c.
800-1100
D.M. Hadley, Letty Ten Harkel
The study of early medieval towns has frequently concentrated on
urban beginnings, the search for broadly applicable definitions of
urban characteristics and the chronological development of towns.
Far less attention has been paid to the experience of living in
towns.
The thirteen chapters in this book bring together the current state
of knowledge about Viking-Age towns (c. 800–1100) from both sides
of the Irish Sea, focusing on everyday life in and around these
emerging settlements. What was it really like to grow up, live, and
die in these towns? What did people eat, what did they wear, and
how did they make a living for themselves? Although historical
sources are addressed, the emphasis of the volume is overwhelmingly
archaeological, paying homage to the wealth of new material that
has become available since the advent of urban archaeology in the
1960s.
Format 17 x 24 cm, gebunden, 228 Seiten, einige s/w Abbildungen
und Karten, englischer Text, Best.-Nr. Ox019
