Goodbye to the Vikings?: Re-Reading Early Medieval Archaeology

by Richard Hodges

Book Overview

"In Goodbye to the Vikings?", Richard Hodges uses new archaeological evidence to re-read the familiar history of the early Middle Ages. Taking his examples from the fifth to the tenth centuries, he re-examines many familiar themes, including the identity of King Arthur, the Pirenne thesis, Marc Bloch on feudalism, the significance of nationalism in early medieval archaeology and the place of the Vikings in European history. Some of the studies...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0715634291
• ISBN13: 9780715634295
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: Bristol Classical Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.2"