Overview
New insights into inscribed and stone monuments from across Europe in the early middle ages. Often fragmented and without context, early medieval inscribed and sculpted stone monuments of the fifth to eleventh centuries AD have been mainly studied via their shape, their decoration and the texts a fraction of them bear. This book, investigating stone monuments from Ireland, Britain and Scandinavia (including the important memorials at Iniscealtra, County Clare), advocates three relatively new, distinctive and interconnected approaches to the lithicheritage of the early Middle Ages. Building on recent theoretical trends in archaeology and material culture studies in particular, it uses the themes of materiality, biography and landscape to reveal how carved stones created senses of identity and history for early medieval communities and kingdom. An extensive introduction and eight chapters span the disciplines of history, art-history and archaeology, exploring how shaping stone in turn shaped and re-shaped early medieval societies. Howard Williams is Professor of Archaeology, University of Chester; Joanne Kirton is Project Manager, Big Heritage, Chester; Meggen Gondek is Reader in Archaeology, University of Chester. Contributors: Ing-Marie Back Danielsson, Iris Crouwers, Meggen Gondek, Mark A. Hall, Joanne Kirton, Jenifer Ni Ghradaigh, Cliodhna O'Leary, Howard Williams.
Full Product Details
Author: Howard Williams ,
Joanne Kirton ,
Meggen Gondek (Contributor) ,
Clíodhna O'Leary
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Imprint: The Boydell Press
Volume: v. 6
Dimensions:
Width: 17.20cm
, Height: 2.40cm
, Length: 24.40cm
Weight: 0.874kg
ISBN: 9781783270743
ISBN 10: 1783270748
Pages: 293
Publication Date: 17 September 2015
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
As we have come to expect from Boydell, the general quality of the volume is high, with many black and white illustrations.[For] for those interested in new interpretations and theoretical perspectives this will be a worthwhile read. TIME & MIND: THE JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGY, CONSCIOUSNESS AND CULTURE A stimulating read. CHURCH MONUMENTS This high-quality volume is well supported by its numerous illustrations....By approaching stone monuments in a thematic way, this volume provides fresh understanding of their multiple uses, functions and impacts on the societies which interacted - and still interact - with them. MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY
This high-quality volume is well supported by its numerous illustrations....By approaching stone monuments in a thematic way, this volume provides fresh understanding of their multiple uses, functions and impacts on the societies which interacted - and still interact - with them. MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY
This high-quality volume is well supported by its numerous illustrations....By approaching stone monuments in a thematic way, this volume provides fresh understanding of their multiple uses, functionsuments in a thematic way, this volume provides fresh understanding of their multiple uses, functions a
Author Information
Professor of Archaeology, University of Chester.
