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Mobility in the Early Middle Ages, and Beyond – Mobilität im Frühmittelalter und darüber hinaus
Interdisciplinary Approaches – Interdisziplinäre Zugänge
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Edited by:
Laury Sarti
Languages:
English, German
Published/Copyright:
2025
About this book
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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.
Author / Editor information
Laury Sarti, University of Freiburg, Germany, Helene von Trott zu Solz, Munich, Germany.
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Frontmatter
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Contents
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1 Introduction. Interdisciplinary approaches to early medieval mobility
1 - I Mobility of People and Objects
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2 Exotic gifts and learned envoys. Sixthcentury cultural diplomacy on the move
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3 Studying the networks and the mobility of clerics between Ireland, Britain and Francia (c. 640–750)
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4 Motivations and purposes of travel in the Carolingian age
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5 Friesen in der Fremde? Zur Mobilität friesischer Händler im Spiegel der Keramikfunde
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6 Out of the village. Short-distance exile and local communities in Iberia (c. 700–1200)
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7 Mobility and networks from 976 to 991 in the letters of Gerbert of Reims. A quantitative approach
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8 Shifting patterns of mobility in the Insular Scandinavian diaspora between the ninth and eleventh centuries
127 - II Landscapes and Infrastructure
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9 Climatic conditions and mobility from 1000 to 1500. Hermeneutic and statistical approaches
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10 Die ottonische Machtbasis im Fokus. GIS als Mittel zur Analyse mittelalterlicher Raumstrukturen
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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
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12 Forgotten pathways. The potential of LiDAR data to record old roads and tracks in medieval cultural landscapes
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13 Using Citizen Science to map hollow roads in LiDAR data from the Netherlands. Results from the Heritage Quest project
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14 Sources and methods for the reconstruction of medieval and early modern sea routes in northern Europe
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15 Conclusion. New paths to the study of early medieval mobility
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General Index
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Place index
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Publishing information
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
eBook published on:
April 21, 2025
eBook ISBN:
9783111166698
Hardcover published on:
April 21, 2025
Hardcover ISBN:
9783111164496
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Front matter:
8
Main content:
317
Illustrations:
24
Coloured Illustrations:
33
Tables:
8
Audience(s) for this book
Scholars in the fields of history, archaeology, medieval studies
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BY-NC-ND 4.0
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