Viking Market Kingdom in Ireland and Britain - Trade Networks Importation of a Southern Scandinavian Silver Bullion

Viking-Age trade, network theory, silver economies, kingdom formation, and the Scandinavian raiding and settlement of Ireland and Britain are all popular subjects. However, few have looked for possible connections between these phenomena, something this book suggests were closely related.

List of contents

Introduction 1. Market economics in Viking-Age Ireland and Britain 2. A Viking kingdom of Ireland and Britain 3. Archaeological and historical evidence 4. How Viking networks operate 5. Economic anthropology and Viking-Age Scandinavia 6. Silver economies 7. Beyond dirhams: the non-numismatic evidence 8. Case studies 9. Discussion and conclusions

About the author

Tom Horne received an MLitt in Medieval Archaeology and a PhD in Viking-Age trade from the University of Glasgow, having read Ancient and Modern History at Balliol College, Oxford.

Summary

Viking-Age trade, network theory, silver economies, kingdom formation, and the Scandinavian raiding and settlement of Ireland and Britain are all popular subjects. However, few have looked for possible connections between these phenomena, something this book suggests were closely related.

Product details

• Authors: Tom Horne
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9780367357849
• ISBN: 978-0-367-35784-9
• No. of pages: 294
• Series: Routledge Archaeologies of the Viking World
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; European History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, HISTORY / Europe / Baltic States, Ireland, United Kingdom, Great Britain, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Northern Europe, Scandinavia, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, European history: the Vikings, HISTORY / Europe / Nordic Countries, c 800 to c 1050 (Danish Viking age), c 800 to c 1014 (Irish Viking age)