The Costs and Consequences of Anglo‑Saxon Civil Defence, 878–1066
Richard Abels
This volume is the result of a conference at University College London in 2007 which addressed scale and form civil defences early medieval Europe, c. 800-1000. Previous work has largely focused on individual sites or specific categories evidence. These papers offer new interdisciplinary perspectives driven by landscape approach. Several contributions focus defence England around time King Alfred Great, together provide agenda for study Anglo-Saxon military landscapes. European case-studies facilitate comparative approach to local regional defensive structures interpretive paradigms. Topics themes covered include landscapes, organization structures, relationships dynamics between social complexity, militarization, external threats. With ranging from Spain Germany Scandinavia relevance range disciplines including archaeology, history, onomastics, geography, anthropology.
Studies in the early Middle Ages