The Viking Diaspora presents the early medieval migrations of people, language and culture
from mainland Scandinavia to new homes in the British Isles, the North Atlantic, the Baltic …

The Medieval Church: A Brief History argues for the pervasiveness of the Church in every
aspect of life in medieval Europe. It shows how the institution of the Church attempted to …

Unlike monks and nuns, clergy have hitherto been sidelined in accounts of the Middle Ages,
but they played an important role in medieval society. This first broad-ranging study in …

Abstract The 'Viking Age'is well established in popular perception as a period of dramatic
change in European history. The range of viking activities from North America to the Middle …

A detailed work of reference and scholarship, this one volume Encyclopedia includes
discussions of all the fundamental issues in Tolkien scholarship written by the leading …

In medieval Britain people wore jewellery made of gold if they were rich, of base metal if they
were poor; they might hoard their property, or give it away to guarantee that they would have …

King Arthur is probably the most famous and certainly the most legendary medieval king.
From the early ninth century through the middle ages, to the Arthurian romances of Victorian …

This paper presents the results of a multidisciplinary project that has revealed the location,
extent and character of the winter camp of the Viking Great Army at Torksey, Lincolnshire, of …

Viking Identities is the first detailed archaeological study of Viking-Age Scandinavian-style
female dress items from England. Based on primary archival and archaeological research …

This book provides the fullest account ever published of the external influences on English
during the first thousand years of its formation. In doing so it makes profound contributions to …