Mobility in the Early Middle Ages, and Beyond – Mobilität im Frühmittelalter und darüber hinaus: Interdisciplinary Approaches – Interdisziplinäre Zugänge

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Mobility in the Early Middle Ages, and Beyond – Mobilität im Frühmittelalter und darüber hinaus

Interdisciplinary Approaches – Interdisziplinäre Zugänge

Edited by: Laury Sarti and Helene von Trott zu Solz

Languages: English, German

Published/Copyright: 2025

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Volume 46 | Europa im Mittelalter

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This interdisciplinary volume deals with new methodological approaches to studying early medieval mobility. The chapters address innovative methods from the fields of history, archaeology, and the natural sciences, discussing the potential and limits of each methodological approach and shining the spotlight on historical and archaeological as well as scientific methods.

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Laury Sarti, University of Freiburg, Germany, Helene von Trott zu Solz, Munich, Germany.

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History Historical Periods Medieval History

Frontmatter Open Access Download PDF	I
Contents Open Access Download PDF	VII
1 Introduction. Interdisciplinary approaches to early medieval mobility Laury Sarti Open Access Download PDF	1
I Mobility of People and Objects
2 Exotic gifts and learned envoys. Sixthcentury cultural diplomacy on the move Marco Cristini Open Access Download PDF	13
3 Studying the networks and the mobility of clerics between Ireland, Britain and Francia (c. 640–750) Michel Summer Open Access Download PDF	29
4 Motivations and purposes of travel in the Carolingian age Shigeto Kikuchi Open Access Download PDF	43
5 Friesen in der Fremde? Zur Mobilität friesischer Händler im Spiegel der Keramikfunde Tobias Gärtner Open Access Download PDF	61
6 Out of the village. Short-distance exile and local communities in Iberia (c. 700–1200) Abel de Lorenzo Rodríguez Open Access Download PDF	81
7 Mobility and networks from 976 to 991 in the letters of Gerbert of Reims. A quantitative approach Laury Sarti Open Access Download PDF	101
8 Shifting patterns of mobility in the Insular Scandinavian diaspora between the ninth and eleventh centuries Russell Ó Ríagáin Open Access Download PDF	127
II Landscapes and Infrastructure
9 Climatic conditions and mobility from 1000 to 1500. Hermeneutic and statistical approaches Michael Kahle and Rüdiger Glaser Open Access Download PDF	161
10 Die ottonische Machtbasis im Fokus. GIS als Mittel zur Analyse mittelalterlicher Raumstrukturen Pierre Fütterer Open Access Download PDF	187
11 Reconstructing past movement patterns on the basis of known old roads. A case study on pre-industrial roads in a hilly area in Germany Irmela Herzog Open Access Download PDF	213
12 Forgotten pathways. The potential of LiDAR data to record old roads and tracks in medieval cultural landscapes Anna Swieder Open Access Download PDF	243
13 Using Citizen Science to map hollow roads in LiDAR data from the Netherlands. Results from the Heritage Quest project Wouter Verschoof-van der Vaart, Eva Kaptijn, Quentin Bourgeois and Karsten Lambers Open Access Download PDF	271
14 Sources and methods for the reconstruction of medieval and early modern sea routes in northern Europe Bart Holterman Open Access Download PDF	287
15 Conclusion. New paths to the study of early medieval mobility Helene von Trott zu Solz Open Access Download PDF	307
General Index Open Access Download PDF	313
Place index Open Access Download PDF	315

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April 21, 2025

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9783111166698

Hardcover published on:

April 21, 2025

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9783111164496

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Front matter:

8

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317

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24

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33

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8

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111166698

eBook ISBN: 9783111166698

Hardcover ISBN: 9783111164496

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Mobility; Middle Ages

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Scholars in the fields of history, archaeology, medieval studies

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Mobility in the Early Middle Ages, and Beyond – Mobilität im Frühmittelalter und darüber hinaus

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