Towns in the Viking age
β Helen Clarke, BjΓΆrn Ambrosiani
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1991
π St. Martinβs Press
π English
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Towns in the Viking Age
β Scribed by Helen Clarke; Bjorn Ambrosiani
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- St. Martinβs Press
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- 1991
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- English
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β¦ Table of Contents
Contents
List of illustrations
Acknowledgments
1 Introduction
2 North-west European towns up to the end of the seventh century
Fifth and sixth centuries: the question of continuity
Seventh century: the re-emergence of urban culture
3 North-west European towns in the eighth and ninth centuries
Continental Europe
Anglo-Saxon England
4 Towns in the Viking homelands
Geographical and historical background
Denmark and Scania
Norway
Sweden
Finland
Summary
5 The Vikings in Britain
Urban development in England: Wessex
Urban development in England: the Danelaw
Urban development in Ireland
6 Towns in the Slavonic-Baltic area
The west Slavonic-Baltic area (figure 6.1)
The Fenno-Ugrian - east Slavonic area
Summary: the Baltic, east and west
7 Towns in north, east and west: their physical structure and economy
Topography, hinterland and communications
Town foundation and administration
Street plan and plot arrangement
Building types
Institutions
Defences
Graves, cemeteries and churchyards
Economy, mamifacture and trade
8 Current questions and future work
Notes
2 North-west European towns up to the end of the seventh century
3 North-west European towns in the eighth and ninth centuries
4 Towns in the Viking homelands
5 The Vikings in Britain
6 Towns in the Slavonic-Baltic area
7 Towns in north, east and west: their physical structure and economy
Bibliography
Abbreviations
Index
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