Author : Letty ten Harkel
Release : 2013-11-04
Genre : Social Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 096/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Everyday Life in Viking-Age Towns by : Letty ten Harkel
Download or read book Everyday Life in Viking-Age Towns written by Letty ten Harkel. This book was released on 2013-11-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study of early medieval towns has frequently concentrated on urban beginnings, the search for broadly applicable definitions of urban characteristics and the chronological development of towns. Far less attention has been paid to the experience of living in towns. The thirteen chapters in this book bring together the current state of knowledge about Viking-Age towns (c. 800–1100) from both sides of the Irish Sea, focusing on everyday life in and around these emerging settlements. What was it really like to grow up, live, and die in these towns? What did people eat, what did they wear, and how did they make a living for themselves? Although historical sources are addressed, the emphasis of the volume is overwhelmingly archaeological, paying homage to the wealth of new material that has become available since the advent of urban archaeology in the 1960s.