Northwest Europe in the early Middle Ages, c. AD 600-1150 : a comparative archaeology - Loveluck, Christopher (New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013)
The social fabric of northwest Europe, AD 600-1150: paradigms and perspectives -- Small farming communities of West Francia, AD 600-900 -- Larger farming communities, specialist producers and collectors in West Francia, AD 600-900 -- Farming communities of Anglo-Saxon England and the Atlantic fringes, AD 600-900 -- Expressions of leadership and models for emulation, AD 500-900 -- Conspicuous consumption and secular authority in the landscape, AD 650-900 -- Diocesan towns, ad 600-900 -- Ports and maritime-oriented societies, AD 600-900 -- Transformations in architectures and settings of public power, AD 900-1150 -- The rural world, AD 900-1150: lifestyles of old and new aristocracies -- The rural world, AD 900-1150: social mobility, landscape reorganisation and colonization -- Major ports and merchant patricians as catalysts for social change, AD 900-1100 -- Towns as regional centres and urban diversity, AD 900-1150.
Include index.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 328-432) and index.
Keywords: Social history -- Medieval, 500-1500.; Social change -- Europe -- History -- To 1500.; Social archaeology -- Europe, Northern; Civilization, Medieval; Europe -- History -- 476-1492.; Europe -- Social conditions -- To 1492.