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Provides a starting point for researchers and students investigating the Viking settlement of Britain. This book considers the history and development of contemporary debates about Scandinavian settlement, and examines differences between rural and urban Viking settlement. It looks at the Scandinavian conversion to Christianity.

Table of Contents

1. The Scandinavian settlements: the development of a debate
2. Anglo-Scandinavian political accommodation
3. Scandinavian rural settlement
4. Scandinavians in the urban environment
5. Churches and the Scandinavians: chaos, conversion and change
6. Burial practices: ethnicity, gender and social status
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index

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    Publisher: Manchester University Press
    Publication Date: 8/1/2006 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780719059827, 978-0719059827
    ISBN10: 0719059828
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    Description

    Book Synopsis
    Provides a starting point for researchers and students investigating the Viking settlement of Britain. This book considers the history and development of contemporary debates about Scandinavian settlement, and examines differences between rural and urban Viking settlement. It looks at the Scandinavian conversion to Christianity.

    Table of Contents

    1. The Scandinavian settlements: the development of a debate
    2. Anglo-Scandinavian political accommodation
    3. Scandinavian rural settlement
    4. Scandinavians in the urban environment
    5. Churches and the Scandinavians: chaos, conversion and change
    6. Burial practices: ethnicity, gender and social status
    Epilogue
    Bibliography
    Index

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