Negotiating the North : Meeting-Places in the Middle Ages in the North Sea Zone

This book brings together the cumulative results of a three-year project focused on the assemblies and administrative systems of Scandinavia, Britain, and the North Atlantic islands in the 1st and 2nd millennia AD. In this volume we integrate a wide range of historical, cartographic, archaeological,...

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Main Author: Semple, Sarah (auth)
Other Authors: Sanmark, Alexandra (auth), Iversen, Frode (auth), Mehler, Natascha (auth)
Format: Book Chapter
Published: Taylor & Francis 2020
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