Название: Early Medieval Northumbria: Kingdoms and Communities, AD 450-1100
Автор: David Petts, Sam Turner
Издательство: Brepols N.V.
ISBN: 2503528228
Год: 2012
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 345
Для сайта: LitMy
Размер: 16,5 МБ
Язык: Английский
Responding to renewed interest in the powerful early medieval kingdom of Northumbria, this volume uses evidence drawn from archaeology, documentary history, place-names, and artistic works to produce an unashamedly cross-disciplinary body of scholarship that addresses all aspects of Northumbria's past. Northumbria at its peak stretched from the River Humber to the Scottish highlands and westwards to the Irish Sea, producing saints, kings, and scholars with contacts across Europe, from Scandinavia, Ireland, and Francia to Rome itself. This volume unites papers on all aspects of this major European power of its day, from its origins in the fifth and sixth centuries from British and Anglo-Saxon chiefdoms, through its 'Golden Age' as eighth-century Europe's intellectual powerhouse, to its role as a key element of an international Viking kingdom.