Medieval European Archaeology

This collection is published in the Crusades Subsidia series in honour of Professor Adrian J. Boas, an archaeologist, historian and scholar who has...

The authors explore multifaceted aspects of the competing cultural landscapes that comprise the northeast of Scotland. This interdisciplinary colle...

Over the last two decades, the study of graffiti has emerged as a bustling field, invigorated by increased appreciation for their historical, lingu...

Archaeoacoustics, the study of sound in the past, is increasingly attracting attention. Although some work, particularly in musical archaeology, ha...

Arm-rings are among the most common items of jewellery. From the earliest times, they have appeared in various shapes and materials. The wearing of...

The Viking Great Army that landed in East Anglia in late 865 had a lasting impact on English society, culture, politics, and economy. The Viking G...

This book brings together scholars from many disciplines to shed light on the long history of the Silk Roads, to redefine it, and to demonstrate it...

This book brings together the cumulative results of a three-year project focused on the assemblies and administrative systems of Scandinavia, Brita...

The Staffordshire Hoard: An Anglo-Saxon Treasure tells the story of the Staffordshire Hoards discovery and acquisition, and the six-year research ...

Mail armour (commonly mislabelled 'chainmail') was used for more than two millennia on the battlefield. After its invention in the Iron Age, mail r...

Medieval Art, Architecture and Archaeology in Cambridge explores the archaeology, art, and architecture of Cambridge in the Middle Ages, a city mar...

This book is an outcome of the British archaeological association conference on Medieval Art, architecture and archaeology in the city and its vici...

This book focuses on the formative period of Church reform in the Middle Ages in Northern Europe, when the Church paved the way for the development...

First published in 2001, this is the first reference work to cover the archaeology of medieval Europe. No other reference can claim such comprehens...

Princes of the Church brings together the latest research exploring the importance of bishops palaces for social and political history, landscape h...

Paris: The Powers that Shaped the Medieval City considers the various forces royal, monastic and secular that shaped the art, architecture and to...

Princes of the Church brings together the latest research exploring the importance of bishops palaces for social and political history, landscape h...

The Viking Age was a period of profound change in Scandinavia. As kingdoms were established, Christianity became the encompassing ideological and c...

This book explores the medieval art, architecture and archaeology of the city of Cracow and the surrounding region of Lesser Poland. It highlights ...

This book reveals the medieval Mediterranean region as a richly nuanced space of places and peoples connected by a body of water, but far from unif...

This book reveals the medieval Mediterranean region as a richly nuanced space of places and peoples connected by a body of water, but far from unif...

Strøby Toftegård: Halls, Hierarchies and Social Dynamics in Late Iron Age and Viking Age Denmark presents and considers the archaeological material...

St Swithun was an obscure ninth-century bishop of Winchester about whom little was, and is, known. But following the translation of his relics from...

Frontiers were an integral feature of every medieval polity, and their spaces were defined by opposing spheres of influence, contact and connectivi...

The Vikings in the Hebrides provides an introduction to the Viking colonization and Norse occupation of the Outer Hebrides. Our knowledge of this p...

The People of Early Winchester traces the lives, health, and diseases of Winchester's inhabitants as seen in their skeletal remains from the mid-th...

In A History of Science in Society, Ede and Cormack trace the history of the changing place of science in society and explore the link between the ...

Early Anglo-Saxon cemeteries are known for their grave goods, but this abundance obscures their interest as the creations of pluralistic, multi-gen...

Archaeological Perspectives on Burial Practices and Societal Change examines the relationships between burial practices and societal transformation...

Using archaeological, archaeobotanical, and written evidence, this book explores what gardens meant in northern Spain and northern Portugal in the ...

The Secret Middle Ages is a controversial and completely fresh view of the medieval world through its rare and amazing artefacts. Using the wealth ...

This source book offers a comprehensive treatment of solitary religious lives in England in the late Middle Ages. It covers both enclosed recluses ...

The penultimate instalment in the Chivalry series from a master of historical fiction.The Chivalry series follows young William Gold, who runs away...

The Plague Cemetery of Alghero (Sardinia, Italy, 1582-1583) presents a bioarchaeological analysis of the individuals exhumed from the cemetery of A...

This study is a historical archaeological analysis of a territorial area including the Island of Elba, Monte Pisano and the neighboring plain, usin...

This book explores the Skelligs, Ireland's most dramatic and beautiful Atlantic islands, and focuses particularly on Skellig Michael, a famous UNES...