The continental Saxons from the migration period to the tenth century
Subtitle: an ethnographic perspective
By: edited by Dennis H. Green and Frank Siegmund.
Contributors: Green, Dennis Howard, 1922-; Siegmund, Frank.; Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Social Stress.
Series: Studies in historical archaeoethnology ;; 6
Publisher: Boydell Press; Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Social Stress
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Rochester, N.Y; San Marino (R.S.M.)
Language: eng
Number of pages: 393
Subjects: Saxons -- Germany -- Congresses; Saxons -- Europe -- Congresses; Germanic antiquities -- Congresses; Migrations of nations -- Congresses; Civilization, Medieval -- Congresses; Commerce -- History, Medieval -- 500-1500 -- Congresses; Europe -- Antiquities -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses.
Notes: "This volume contains the papers presented at the sixth conference on 'Studies in Historical Archaeoethnology' organized by the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Social Stress, which was held in San Marino from 10th September to 14th September 1999."
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Location in space and time / M. Springer; title: The North Sea coastal area: settlement history from Roman to early medieval times / D. Meier; title: Social relations among the old Saxons / F. Siegmund; title: Jural relations among the Saxons before and after Christianization / G. Ausenda; title: Rural economy of the continental Saxons from the migration period to the tenth century / W. Dörfler; title: The beginnings of urban economies among the Saxons / H. Steuer; title: Saxon art between interpretation and imitation: the influence of Roman, Scandinavian, Frankish, and Christian art on the material culture of the continental Saxons AD 400-1000 / K. Høilund Nielsen.; title: Three aspects of old saxon biblical epic, the heliand /D. H. Green; title: Beyond satraps and ostriches:Political and social structures of the saxons in the early carolingian period / I. Wood; title: The conversion of the old saxons / J. Hines; title: Current issues and suggested furture directions in the study of the conteinental saxons / F. Siegmund & G. Ausenda.