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The Origins of Anglo-Saxon Towns - (Debates in Archaeology) by Richard Hodges (Hardcover)
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- Through a reconsideration of the debate about the archaeology of Anglo-Saxon towns, Richard Hodges focuses on the origins and history of the four Middle-Saxon emporia - London, Ipswich, Southampton and York - and then the impact of the Viking Conquest in AD 866 on England's subsequent history.
- About the Author: Richard Hodges OBE is Emeritus President of The American University of Rome, Italy.
- 232 Pages
- Social Science, Archaeology
- Series Name: Debates in Archaeology
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Reconsiders the debate about the archaeology of Anglo-Saxon towns on the occasion of the centennial of Henri Pirenne's celebrated book Medieval Cities (1925).Book Synopsis
Through a reconsideration of the debate about the archaeology of Anglo-Saxon towns, Richard Hodges focuses on the origins and history of the four Middle-Saxon emporia - London, Ipswich, Southampton and York - and then the impact of the Viking Conquest in AD 866 on England's subsequent history.
To mark the occasion of the centennial of Henri Pirenne's celebrated book, Medieval Cities (1925), Hodges reviews the influence of the Scandinavian urban model on Anglo-Saxon England in line with new archaeological and numismatic evidence, tracing the importance of the Viking conquerors to the formation of towns in England. The crux of this study is to explore the question of when and how English early Medieval settlements gained a distinctive urban identity. And so, the emphasis is not just on markets and role of craftsmen, but also on civil defence. Looking beyond England, this book proposes that the Danish urban model influenced the rise of towns in Flanders, setting an economic strategy that played a major part in the creation of what Pirenne described as 'Medieval Civilization'. By asking questions about the political and economic situation of the 7th to 10th centuries, archaeology challenges key chapters in the canonical history of not just English urbanism but also the making of the European economy.Review Quotes
"This exciting, original study outlines an argument with implications for the course of medieval European history. It weaves together a surprising new argument from an imaginative examination of a wealth of new data from Anglo-Saxon England, Continental Europe and Scandinavia. The result is a thesis as original as the Pirenne paradigm to which it pays homage." --Søren M. Sindbæk, Professor of Medieval Archaeology, Aarhus University, Denmark
About the Author
Richard Hodges OBE is Emeritus President of The American University of Rome, Italy. He is the editor of the Debates in Archaeology series; and his publications include Dark Age Economics (2012), The Anglo-Saxon Achievement (1989), Towns and Trade in the Age of Charlemagne (2000), Goodbye to the Vikings (2006) and (as co-author) Villa to Village (2003), all published by Bloomsbury Academic. He has previously been Scientific Director of the Butrint Foundation, Albania, and Williams Director of the University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania, USA.Dimensions (Overall): 8.5 Inches (H) x 5.5 Inches (W) x .56 Inches (D)
Weight: .9 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 232
Genre: Social Science
Sub-Genre: Archaeology
Series Title: Debates in Archaeology
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Format: Hardcover
Author: Richard Hodges
Language: English
Street Date: September 4, 2025
TCIN: 1006610143
UPC: 9781350523197
Item Number (DPCI): 247-51-6806
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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