Frisians and their North Sea Neighbours: From the Fifth Century to the Viking Age

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Frisians and their North Sea Neighbours

From the Fifth Century to the Viking Age

Edited by: John Hines and Nelleke IJssennagger-van der Pluijm
With contributions by: Arjen Versloot , Christiane Zimmermann , Egge Knol , Elzbieta Adamczyk , Gaby Waxenberger , Han Nijdam , Hauke Jöns , Iris Aufderhaar , Jan de Koning , Johan Nicolay , John Hines , Menno Dijkstra , Nelleke IJssennagger-van der Pluijm , Peter Schrijver , Pieterjan Deckers and Timothy Pestell

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2017

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An investigation into the mysterious Frisians, drawing together evidence from linguistic, textual and archaeological sources.

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Hines John :

JOHN HINES is Professor of Archaeology at Cardiff University.IJssennagger-van der Pluijm Nelleke :

NELLEKE IJSSENNAGGER-VAN DER PLUIJM is Director of the Fryske Akademy, Leeuwarden.Hines John :

JOHN HINES is Professor of Archaeology at Cardiff University.IJssennagger-van der Pluijm Nelleke :

NELLEKE IJSSENNAGGER-VAN DER PLUIJM is Director of the Fryske Akademy, Leeuwarden.

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History Historical Periods Medieval History

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
List of Figures Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
List of Tables Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	xiv
Linguistic Conventions and Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	xv
Abstracts Publicly Available Download PDF	xvi
Introduction: Frisians – Who, When, Where, Why? John Hines and Nelleke Ĳssennagger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
1. Palaeogeography and People: Historical Frisians in an archaeological light Egge Knol and Nelleke Ĳssennagger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	5
2. The Anglo-Frisian Question John Hines Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	25
3. Frisian between the Roman and the Early Medieval Periods: Language contact, Celts and Romans Peter Schrĳver Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	43
4. ‘All quiet on the Western Front?’ The Western Netherlands and the ‘North Sea Culture’ in the Migration Period Menno Dĳkstra and Jan de Koning Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	53
5. Power and Identity in the Southern North Sea Area: The Migration and Merovingian Periods Johan Nicolay Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	75
6. How ‘English’ is the Early Frisian Runic Corpus? The evidence of sounds and forms Gaby Waxenberger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	93
7. The Geography and Dialects of Old Saxon: River-basin communication networks and the distributional patterns of North Sea Germanic features in Old Saxon Arjen Versloot and Elżbieta Adamczyk Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	125
8. Between Sievern and Gudendorf: Enclosed sites in the north-western Elbe– Weser triangle and their significance in respect of society, communication and migration during the Roman Iron Age and Migration Period Iris Aufderhaar Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	149
9. Cultural Convergence in a Maritime Context: Language and material culture as parallel phenomena in the early-medieval southern North Sea region Pieterjan Deckers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	173
10. The Kingdom of East Anglia, Frisia and Continental Connections, c. ad 600–900 Tim Pestell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	193
11. A Comparison of the Injury Tariffs in the Early Kentish and the Frisian Law Codes Han Nĳdam Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	223
12. Cultural Contacts between the Western Baltic, the North Sea Region and Scandinavia: Attributing runic finds to runic traditions and corpora of the Early Viking Age Christiane Zimmermann and Hauke Jöns Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	243
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	273

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Pages and Images/Illustrations in book

eBook published on:

September 15, 2017

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9781787440630

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Boydell Press

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300

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30 colour, 21 b/w, 19 line illus.

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781787440630

eBook ISBN: 9781787440630

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middle ages; medieval; Celtic; Europe; linguistics; language; Roman Empire; archaeology; history; geography; research

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Frisians and their North Sea Neighbours

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