TY - BOOK AU - Loveluck, Christopher. TI - Northwest Europe in the early Middle Ages, c. AD 600-1150: a comparative archaeology SN - 9781107037 AV - D121 .L68 2013 U1 - 940.14 23 PY - 2013/// CY - New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Social history KW - Medieval, 500-1500 KW - Social change KW - Europe KW - History KW - To 1500 KW - Social archaeology KW - Europe, Northern KW - Civilization, Medieval KW - 476-1492 KW - Social conditions KW - To 1492 N1 - Include index; Includes bibliographical references (pages 328-432) and index; 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 ER -