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Title:

A companion to the early Middle Ages : Britain and Ireland c.500-1100 / edited by Pauline Stafford.

Publisher:

Wiley-Blackwell,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

xiv, 554 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.

Subject:

Great Britain--History--To 1066.
Ireland--History--To 1172.
Great Britain--Civilization--To 1066.
Ireland--Civilization--To 1172.
Civilization, Medieval.
Middle Ages.

Other Authors:

Stafford, Pauline.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [477]-523) and index.

Contents:

Part I : Introductory Matter. 1. Introduction / Pauline Stafford -- 2. Historiography / Pauline Stafford -- 3. Sources / Pauline Stafford -- Part II : Britain and Ireland, c.500-c. 750. 4. Britain and Ireland, c.500 / Barbara Yorke -- 5. Economy / Howard B. Clarke -- 6. Kings and Kingship / Barbara Yorke -- 7. Communities and Kinship / David E. Thornton -- 8. Social Structure / Thomas M. Charles-Edwards -- 9. Britain, Ireland, and Europe, c.500-c.750 / Paul Fouracre -- 10. Conversions to Christianity / Huw Pryce -- 11. Church Organization and Pastoral Care / Thomas Pickles -- 12. Latin Learning and Christian Art / Martin J. Ryan -- Part III : Britain and Ireland in the Long Ninth Century, c.750-c.900. 13. Viking Raids and Conquest / Dawn Hadley -- 14. Scandinavian Settlement / Dawn Hadley -- -- 15. Britain, Ireland, and Europe, c.750-c.900 / Janet L. Nelson -- Part IV : Britain and Ireland, c.900-c.1100. 16. Scotland / Alex Woolf -- 17. Ireland, c.900-c.1100 / Edel Bhreathnach -- 18. Ireland, c.1000-c.1100 / Seán Duffy -- 19. Northumbria / William M. Aird -- 20. Southumbria / Charles Insley -- 21. Wales and West Britain / John Reuben Davies -- 22. Britain, Ireland, and Europe, c.900-c.1100 / Simon MacLean -- 23. The Institutional Church / Catherine Cubitt -- 24. Pastoral Care and Religious Belief / Catherine Cubitt -- 25. Nobility / Julia Crick -- 26. Settlement and Social Differentiation / Sally Crawford -- 27. Localities / David E. Thornton -- 28. Queens and Queenship / Pauline Stafford.

Summary:

This is a collection of some 30 original essays by leading scholars covering the key debates and issues involved in writing a history of Britain in the early Middle Ages.

Series:

Blackwell companions to history.
Blackwell companions to British history.

ISBN:

140510628X (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781405106283 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)235946064

LCCN:

2008032202

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)