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 b
Everyday Life in Viking-age Towns: Social Approaches to Towns in England and Ireland, c. 800-1100
β Scribed by Dawn M. Hadley, Letty Ten Harkel (eds.)
- Publisher
- Oxbow Books
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Category
- Library
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