Daily Life in Arthurian Britain Contributor(s): Shepherd, Deborah (Author) |
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ISBN: 0313332959 ISBN-13: 9780313332951 Publisher: Greenwood OUR PRICE: $69.30 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2013 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | World - General - History | Europe - Medieval |
Dewey: 942.014 |
LCCN: 2013011677 |
Series: Daily Life |
Physical Information: 1" H x 6.1" W x 9.3" (1.50 lbs) 336 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Cultural Region - British Isles |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Arthurian legends are immensely popular and well known despite the lack of reliable documentation about this time period in Britain. As a result, historians depend upon archaeologists to accurately describe life during these two centuries of turmoil when Britons suffered displacement by Germanic immigrants. Daily Life in Arthurian Britain examines cultural change in Britain through the fifth and sixth centuries--anachronistically known as The Dark Ages--with a focus on the fate of Romano-British culture, demographic change in the northern and western border lands, and the impact of the Germanic immigrants later known as the Anglo-Saxons. The book coalesces many threads of current knowledge and opinion from leading historians and archaeologists, describing household composition, rural and urban organization, food production, architecture, fashion, trades and occupations, social classes, education, political organization, warfare, and religion in Arthurian times. The few available documentary sources are analyzed for the cultural and historical value of their information. |