Title: Maritime societies of the Viking and medieval world /
Authors: Barrett, James H.; Gibbon, Sarah Jane, 1976-
Year: 2015
Subjects: Archaeology, Medieval.; Antiquities; Archaeology, Medieval.; Civilization; Baltic Sea Antiquities.; North Sea Antiquities.; Irish Sea Antiquities.; Baltic Sea Civilization.; North Sea Civilization.; Irish Sea Civilization.; Atlantic Ocean Baltic Sea; Atlantic Ocean Irish Sea; Atlantic Ocean North Sea
Abstract: "This book is a study of communities that drew their identity and livelihood from their relationships with water during a pivotal time in the creation of the social, economic and political landscapes of northern Europe. It focuses on the Baltic, North and Irish Seas in the Viking Age (AD 790-1050) and early Middle Ages (AD 1050-1200), with a few later examples (such as the Scottish Lordship of the Isles) included to help illuminate less well-documented earlier centuries"--