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ANGLO-SAXON, VIKING & EARLY MEDIEVAL EUROPE Women and Weapons in the Viking World Amazons of the North

By Leszek Gardeła An in-depth, beautifully illustrated exploration into women’s role in the martial sphere of Viking culture.

The Viking Age (c. 750-1050 AD) is conventionally seen as a tumultuous time dominated by hordes of fierce warriors from Scandinavia. There is however ample evidence that many of the achievements of Viking Age Scandinavians – for instance in craftsmanship, exploration, cross-cultural trade, and warfare – would not have been possible without the involvement of women. This pioneering and beautifully illustrated book provides an in-depth exploration of women's associations with the martial sphere of life in the Viking Age. OX BO W B O O K S Hardback • 9781789256659 • July 2021 • £30.00 • PRE-ORDER NOW: £24.00 216 pages • b/w and colour illus. | eBook available: 9781789256666

Beside the Ocean Coastal Landscapes at the Bay of Skaill, Marwick, and Birsay Bay, Orkney: Archaeological Research 2003-18

By David Griffiths, Jane Harrison and Michael Athanson New evidence for Viking and Norse settlement in the bays of Orkney's Atlantic coast.

Excavation and field survey in the bays of Orkney’s Atlantic coast have revealed much new evidence for Viking and Norse settlement and enabled a re-evaluation of occupation and economy of these periods. This monograph brings together the survey and excavation results to tell the fascinating new story of a medieval landscape.

OX BO W B O O K S Hardback • 9781789250961 • March 2019 • £45.00 • SPECIAL OFFER: £36.00 376 pages • | eBook available: 9781789250978

Crafts and Social Networks in Viking Towns Edited by Steven P. Ashby and Søren M. Sindbaek Explores the interface between craft, communication networks, and urbanisation in Viking-age Northern Europe.

This volume brings together leading UK and Scandinavian archaeological specialists to explore crafted products and workshop-assemblages from Viking towns. Contributors assess the implications for our understanding of early towns and the long-term societal change catalysed by them, including the initial steps towards commercial economies. Results are analysed in relation to social network theory, social and economic history, and models of communication, setting an agenda for further research.

OX BO W B O O K S Paperback • 9781789251609 • November 2019 • £38.00 • SPECIAL OFFER: 30.40 288 pages • b/w and colour illus. | eBook available: 9781789251616

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ANGLO-SAXON, VIKING & EARLY MEDIEVAL EUROPE A Norse Settlement in the Outer Hebrides Excavations on Mounds 2 and 2A, Bornais, South Uist

Edited by Niall Sharples An excavation report on the settlement at Bornais in the Western Isles of Scotland, one of the largest known rural Norse settlements in Britain.

The settlement at Bornais in the Western Isles of Scotland is one of the largest rural settlements known from the Norse period in Britain, spanning the period from the fifth to the fifteenth century AD. The evidence presented in this volume makes a major contribution to the understanding of Norse Scotland and the colonisation of the North Atlantic.

BO RNAI S | OX B O W B O O K S Hardback • 9781789250466 • October 2019 • £35.00 • SPECIAL OFFER: £28.00 728 pages • | eBook available: 9781789250473

Looting or Missioning Insular and Continental Sacred Objects in Viking Age Contexts in Norway

By Egil Mikkelsen A new interpretation of sacred objects found in pagan Viking graves Until now, insular and continental material found in pagan Viking Age graves in Norway has been interpreted as looted material from churches and monasteries on the British Isles and the Continent. This volume looks at the use and functions of these sacred objects in their original Christian contexts, proposing an alternative interpretation of these objects: they were brought

by Christian missionaries from different parts of the British Isles and the Continent to Norway.

OX BO W B O O K S Hardback • 9781789253184 • August 2019 • £48.00 • SPECIAL OFFER: £38.40 256 pages • colour illus. | eBook available: 9781789253191

The Glass Vessels of Anglo-Saxon England c. AD 6501100

By Rose Broadley A comprehensive exploration of all vessel glass from middle and late AngloSaxon England.

In the seventh to ninth centuries AD, glass vessels were exchanged across the North Sea and English Channel, between the Merovingian and Carolingian empires and England and Scandinavia, representing a colourful early medieval world and a flourishing trade network in northern Europe.

This study throws new light on the social uses of glass and reveals new understandings of commodity exchange in northwestern Europe during this period.

OX BO W B O O K S Paperback • 9781789253726 • November 2019 • £35.00 • SPECIAL OFFER: £28.00 192 pages • b/w and colour illus, | eBook available: 9781789253733

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ANGLO-SAXON, VIKING & EARLY MEDIEVAL EUROPE Everyday Life in Viking-Age Towns Social Approaches to Towns in England and Ireland, c. 800-1100

Edited by Letty ten Harkel and D. M. Hadley Thirteen papers on the current state of knowledge about Viking-Age towns (c. 800–1100).

Examines the current state of knowledge about Viking-Age towns (c.

800–1100) from both sides of the Irish Sea, focusing on everyday life in and around these emerging settlements. What was it really like to grow up, live, and die in these towns? What did people eat, what did they wear, and how did they make a living for themselves? Although historical sources are addressed, the emphasis of the volume is overwhelmingly archaeological.

OX BO W B O O K S Paperback • 9781789255461 • January 2021 • £29.95 • SPECIAL OFFER: £23.96 272 pages | eBook available: 9781782970095

Pecsaetna People of the Anglo-Saxon Peak District

By Phil Sidebottom Recent archaeological and historical research into the ‘lost’ Anglo-Saxon Pecsaetna people.

This book is intended to pull together our current knowledge of the ‘lost’ group of people called the Pecsaetna (literally, meaning the ‘Peak Sitters’) by synthesising more recent historical and archaeological research towards a better understanding of their activities, territory and identity. Until now, this group of people has lost in the so-called ‘Dark Ages’ and are only known to us by the chance survival of less than a handful of documents.

WI ND G ATH ER P R E S S Paperback • 9781911188681 • August 2020 • £29.99 • SPECIAL OFFER: £23.99 144 pages • b/w illus. | eBook available: 9781911188698

Viking Encounters Proceedings of the 18th Viking Congress

Edited by Anne Pedersen and Søren M Sindbæk This major volume presents the proceedings from the 18th Viking Congress, held in Denmark in 2017.

The legacy of the Viking Age maintains a strong impact in the present as a matter of pride, but also prejudice. These themes are explored and linked in this major volume, which presents the proceedings from the 18th Viking Congress, held in Denmark in 2017, bringing together leading scholars in the fields of Archaeology, History, Philology, Place-name studies, Numismatics, Runology and other disciplines.

A A RHU S UN I V E R S I T Y P RE SS Hardback • 9788771842654 • November 2020 • £50.00 • SPECIAL OFFER: £40.00 580 pages • 120 illus.

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ANGLO-SAXON, VIKING & EARLY MEDIEVAL EUROPE A Riverine Site Near York A Possible Viking Camp?

Edited by Gareth Williams The detailed publication of the Viking camp discovered at a location known as ‘A Riverine Site Near York’.

The location known as ‘A Riverine Site Near York (ARSNY)’ represents a category of Viking site known from the historical record but one that until recently had remained largely undetected archaeologically: the Viking camp.

Its discovery has revolutionised understanding of the size and character of such sites, with wider implications for the aspects of Viking warfare, urbanisation, precious metal economies and the transition from raiding to permanent settlement.

BR I T I SH MU S E UM R E S E ARCH PUB LIC AT IO NS | B RIT ISH M USEUM PR ESS Paperback • 9780861592241 • February 2020 • £40.00 • SPECIAL OFFER: 32.00 160 pages • 60 illus.

The Anglo-Saxon Princely Burial at Prittlewell, Southend-on-Sea

By Sue Hirst and Christopher Scull An account of the burial at Prittlewell and the grave goods, and their wider context.

In 2003 archaeologists discovered an intact princely burial between busy Priory Crescent and the railway line near Priory Park in Prittlewell. The results of years of study of the excavated evidence are described and illustrated here to provide an account of the burial and the grave goods, and the information they give us about the East Saxon kingdom, where the man lived, and its contacts with Kent, Francia and the Christian Mediterranean.

M O L A (MUS E UM O F LO N DO N ARC HAE O LO GY) Paperback • 9781907586477 • May 2019 • £15.00 • SPECIAL OFFER: £12.00 108 pages • 135 illus.

St Michael's Church, Workington Excavation of an Early Medieval Cemetery

By John Zant and Adam Parsons Examines a fascinating early medieval cemetery with multi-phased burials stretching from the seventh to eleventh century.

Reconstruction of the parish church of St Michael, Workington, allowed a rare opportunity to study the origins of one of the earliest early medieval Christian cemeteries in North-west England. This work revealed a better understanding of the lives of this community and their changing burial traditions, providing information on how people responded to the changing tastes, politics, and events within the landscape of the North West in the early medieval period.

L A NC A S TE R I MP R I N T S | OX F O RD ARC HAE O LO GY NO RT H Paperback • 9781907686313 • August 2019 • £20.00 • SPECIAL OFFER: 16.00 170 pages • 129 colour illus.

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ANGLO-SAXON, VIKING & EARLY MEDIEVAL EUROPE The Staffordshire Hoard An Anglo-Saxon Treasure

Edited by Chris Fern, Tania Dickinson and Leslie Webster The story of the discovery, acquisition and examination of the Staffordshire Hoard.

This book tells the story of the Staffordshire Hoard’s discovery and acquisition, as well as the six-year research project that pieced its fragments back together, identified its objects and explored their manufacture. Chapters discuss the decoration and meaning of the Hoard’s intricate ornament, the techniques of Anglo-Saxon craftsmen, the religious and historical background, hoarding practice in Britain and Europe, and the Hoard's impact locally, nationaly and internationally.

RESEARCH REPORT OF THE SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF LONDON | SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF LONDON Hardback • 9781527233508 • November 2019 • £49.95 • SPECIAL OFFER: £39.96 640 pages • 355 illus.

Settlement change across Medieval Europe Old Paradigms and New Vistas

Edited by Niall Brady and Claudia Theune Examines how innovations, transmissions and transformations had profound spatial, economic and social impacts.

36 papers focus on transmissions and transformations in a longue durée perspective, such as from early medieval times (c. 500AD) to the High Middle Ages (c. 1000/1200 AD), and from medieval to post-medieval and early modern times (1700). The case studies include the shrinking and disappearance of settlements; changes in rule and authority; developments in the agrarian economy; the shift from handwork to manufacturing, and demographic change.

RU R A L I A | S I D ES TO N E PRE SS Hardback • 9789088908071 • September 2019 • £195.00 • SPECIAL OFFER: £156.00 446 pages • 51 b/w and 135 colour illus.

Horse and Rider in the Late Viking Age Edited by Merete Schifter Bagge and Anne Pedersen An exploration of a rich equestrian burial from the 10th century excavated near Skanderborg, Denmark.

In 2017 an exceptionally rich equestrian burial from the 10th century was discovered at Fregerslev near Skanderborg, Denmark. This volume seeks to place the burial in a wider context. Firstly, the preliminary results are presented, with a description of the novel methods and procedures used.

Secondly, the volume explores the social, political, cultural and religious background of equestrian burial in a variety of countries, including Slovenia, Scotland, Sweden and Iceland.

A A RHU S UN I V E R S I T Y P RE SS Hardback • 9788771849981 • December 2021 • £40.00 • PRE-ORDER NOW: 32.00 312 pages

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ANGLO-SAXON, VIKING & EARLY MEDIEVAL EUROPE Old Norse – Old Icelandic Concise Introduction to the Language of the Sagas

By Jesse Byock and Randall Gordon A new Old Norse primer for learning the language of Vikings and sagas, requiring no previous language knowledge.

This is a modern "primer" for learning to read Icelandic sagas and Viking myths in their original language. With carefully designed grammar explanations, vocabulary, and exercises this new book is easy-to-use and requires no previous language knowledge. Suitable for self-instruction, inclass use, and distance teaching, students read Old Norse passages from sagas as well as episodes from Scandinavian myth and history. Includes free online answer key.

V I KI NG L A N G UAG E O L D NO RSE ICE LANDIC SE RIE S | JULES WI L LI AM PR ESS Paperback • 9781953947093 • June 2021 • £16.99 • SPECIAL OFFER: £13.59 215 pages

Supplementary Exercises for Old Norse – Old Icelandic

By Jesse Byock and Randall Gordon A workbook of Old Norse exercises with vocabulary, maps, and free answer key.

A workbook of lessons for those who want to learn or sharpen their skills in Old Norse with innovative exercises, word games, and map questions.

It contains readings drawn from the Saga of Ragnar Lodbrok (recounting Ragnar’s attack on England and his death in the snake pit) and mythic passages from The Prose Edda describing a journey of the Norse gods, the great dragon´s treasure, and the magical ring of the dwarves.

V I KI NG L A N G UAG E O L D NO RSE ICE LANDIC SE RIE S | JULES WI L LI AM PR ESS Paperback • 9780988176409 • June 2021 • £12.99 • SPECIAL OFFER: £10.39 122 pages • b/w Ilustrations, maps, and tables |

Viking Language 1

By Jesse L. Byock An introduction to learning Old Norse and Icelandic, with graded lessons, reading passages, vocabulary, grammar exercises, and pronunciation.

This introduction to Old Norse and Icelandic provides everything for the beginner in one book: graded lessons, reading passages, vocabulary, grammar exercises, and pronunciation. A full complement of maps, runic inscriptions and culture sections explore the civilization, legends, and myths of the Vikings. The lessons follow an innovative word frequency strategy, a method that speeds learning.

V I KI NG L A N G UAG E O L D NO RSE ICE LANDIC SE RIE S | JULES WI L LI AM PR ESS Paperback • 9781480216440 • March 2013 • £29.99 • SPECIAL OFFER: £23.99 384 pages

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ANGLO-SAXON, VIKING & EARLY MEDIEVAL EUROPE Viking Language 2

By Jesse L. Byock Immerses the learner in Old Norse and Icelandic with a wealth of readings, a large vocabulary and a full reference grammar.

This companion to Viking Language 1 immerses the learner in Old Norse and Icelandic. Readings include a wealth of Old Norse myths, legends, complete Icelandic sagas, poems of the Scandinavian gods, and runic inscriptions – including texts that inspired a Lord of the Rings and Wagner's Ring Cycle, as well as a whole host of modern fantasy. The book includes a large vocabulary and a full reference grammar.

V I KI NG L A N G UAG E O L D NO RSE ICE LANDIC SE RIE S | JULES WI L LI AM PR ESS Paperback • 9781481175265 • November 2014 • £29.99 • SPECIAL OFFER: £23.99 384 pages

Siri the Viking: The Emperor's Treasure

By Patric Nystrom and Illustrated by Per Demervall and Translated by Joseph A Davis The perfect comic book for kids who want to learn more about Vikings.

The Vikings are preparing to set sail for Miklagard. But Siri's father tells her she has to stay behind! She stows away on his ship, along with a mysterious box meant to be delivered to the Emperor himself. But with the villainous duo Ivar and Grim are eager to get their hands on the box, Siri has to use all her courage and cleverness to protect it.

SI R I T H E V I K I N G | E K EN PRE SS Hardback • 9781908233288 • August 2020 • £6.99 • SPECIAL OFFER: £5.59 86 pages

Siri the Viking: Mimir´s Well

By Patric Nystrom and Illustrated by Per Demervall and Translated by Joseph A Davis Siri the Viking returns for another adventures, combining adventure and history in a humorous story.

Siri and her friend Zack are searching for a lost treasure, helped by Ansgar the monk, who is looking for his stolen books. A series of clues point them toward a mysterious place called Mimir’s Well. But the villainous Ivar and his clumsy assistant Grim are hot on their trail, eager to get the treasure for themselves. Once again Siri has to use all her cleverness as she faces baffling riddles and dangerous traps.

SI R I T H E V I K I N G | E K EN PRE SS Hardback • 9781908233295 • August 2020 • £6.99 • SPECIAL OFFER: £5.59 86 pages

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MEDIEVAL ART & ARCHITECTURE Twelfth-Century Sculptural Finds at Canterbury Cathedral and the Cult of Thomas Becket

By Carolyn Marino Malone Reconstructs twelfth-century sculptural and architectural finds frim the restoration of the Perpendicular Great Cloister of Christ Church, Canterbury.

This study reconstructs twelfth-century sculptural and architectural finds from Christ Church, Canterbury as architectural screens constructed around 1173. It proposes that the screens provided monastic privacy and controlled pilgrimage to the Altar of the Sword's Point in the Matrydom, the site of Archbishop Thomas Becket's murder. A catalog raisonné and an account of the discovery of the finds offers material for future research that has been unavailable to previous studies.

OX BO W B O O K S Hardback • 9781789252309 • May 2019 • £55.00 • SPECIAL OFFER: £44.00 280 pages • b/w illus. | eBook available: 9781789252316

The Cosmatesque Mosaics of Westminster Abbey The Pavements and Royal Tombs: History, Archaeology, Architecture and Conservation

By Warwick Rodwell and By David S. Neal Presents a holistic study of an outstanding group of monuments in their historical architectural and archaeological context.

Westminster Abbey contains the only surviving medieval Cosmatesque mosaics outside Italy. Thses two volumes present a holistic study of this outstanding group of monuments. The Cosmati study has shed fresh light on every aspect of the unique series of monuments in Westminster Abbey; this work fills a major lacuna in our knowledge of 13th-century English art of the first rank.

OX BO W B O O K S Hardback • 9781789252347 • September 2019 • £65.00 • SPECIAL OFFER: £52.00 724 pages • b/w and colour illus. | eBook available: 9781789252354

Interpreting Medieval Effigies The Evidence from Yorkshire to 1400

By Brian Gittos and Moira Gittos A detailed examination of more than 200 examples of surviving monumental effigies.

This innovative study examines and analyses the wealth of evidence provided by more than 200 monumental effigies of Yorkshire, from the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, including some of very high sculptural merit. Together, they present a picture of the people able to afford them, at a time when the county was frequently at the forefront of national politics and administration, during the Scottish wars.

OX BO W B O O K S Hardback • 9781789251289 • March 2019 • £40.00 • SPECIAL OFFER: £32.00 256 pages • b/w and colour illus. | eBook available: 9781789251296

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MEDIEVAL ART & ARCHITECTURE My Life as a Replica St John’s Cross, Iona

By Sally Foster with Sian Jones An interdisciplinary composite cultural biography of the St John’s Cross on Iona and its copies.

In 1970 a concrete replica of the St John’s Cross arrived in Iona. What is the story behind this intriguing replica? How does it relate to the world’s first ringed ‘Celtic cross’, an artistic and technical masterpiece, which has been at the heart of the Iona experience since the eighth century? What does it tell us about the authenticity and value of replicas? This fascinating book explores these questions and more.

WI ND G ATH ER P R E S S Paperback • 9781911188599 • March 2020 • £35.00 • SPECIAL OFFER: £28.00 224 pages • b/w and colour illus. | eBook available: 9781911188605

Lombard Legacy Cultural Strategies and the Visual Arts in Early Medieval Italy

By John Mitchell An exploration of the development of visual culture in early medieval Europe.

Using the great south-Italian monastery of San Vincenzo al Volturno, one of the best preserved monasteries of the earliest Middle Ages, as a case-study and heuristic paradigm, John Mitchell has engaged in a wideranging examination of the ways in which visual culture was developed and deployed by ambitious states and institutions in early medieval Europe.

P I NDA R P R E S S Hardback • 9781904597346 • March 2019 • £150.00 • SPECIAL OFFER: £120.00 644 pages • 294 illus.

Medieval Bologna Art for a University City

Edited by Trinita Kennedy The first major study in English about manuscript illumination, painting, and sculpture in Bologna between the years 1200 and 1400.

The seven essays in this publication – by academics, a conservator, curators, and a museum educator – create a rich context for the nearly seventy works of art in the exhibition which it accompanies, drawn primarily from American libraries, museums, and private collections. Many of these works have never been studied in depth or published before.

PAU L H O L B ERTO N P UB LISHING Hardback • 9781911300816 • September 2021 • £45.00 • PRE-ORDER NOW: £36.00 256 pages • 165 illus.

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MEDIEVAL BRITAIN & IRELAND Llangorse Crannog The Excavation of an Early Medieval Royal Site in the Kingdom of Brycheiniog

By Alan Lane and Mark Redknap Uses archaeological excavation data, dendrochronology and textual analysis to explore the only known crannog mound in Wales.

The crannog on Llangorse Lake near Brecon in mid Wales was discovered in 1867. The subsequent surveys and excavation resulted in the recovery of a remarkable time capsule of life in the late ninth and tenth century, on the only crannog yet identified in Wales. This publication re-examines the early investigations, describes in detail the anatomy of the crannog mound and its construction, and the material culture found.

OX BO W B O O K S Hardback • 9781789253061 • December 2019 • £40.00 • SPECIAL OFFER: £32.00 512 pages • b/w and colour illus. | eBook available: 9781789253078

Mount Grace Priory: Excavations of 1957–1992 Edited by Glyn Coppack and Laurence Keen The results of large-scale excavation and recording of Mount Grace Priory, Yorkshire and reviews its significance as a later medieval charterhouse.

Mount Grace Priory in North Yorkshire, established in 1398 and suppressed in 1539, was one of only nine successful Carthusian monasteries in England and one of the best-preserved medieval houses of that order in Europe.

This volume explores evidence of its excavation and the reappraisal of the architectural development of the monastery and reconstruction of lost structures such as the cloister alley walls and the central water tower.

OX BO W B O O K S Hardback • 9781789253146 • October 2019 • £30.00 • SPECIAL OFFER: £24.00 448 pages • b/w and colour illus. | eBook available: 9781789253153

Roman and Medieval Exeter and their Hinterlands From Isca to Excester

Edited by Stephen Rippon and Neil Holbrook Explores the development of Roman and medieval Exeter and its hinterland.

This first volume presenting research carried out through the Exeter: A Place in Time project, provides a synthesis of the development of Exeter within its local, regional, national and international hinterlands. It covers the period from c. AD 55 when it served as one of the most important legionary bases in early Roman Britain through to the late 10th century and beyond when it became an episcopal and royal centre.

E X E T E R : A P L AC E I N TI M E | OX B O W B O O K S Hardback • 9781789256154 • February 2021 • £35.00 • SPECIAL OFFER: £28.00 416 pages • colour illus. | eBook available: 9781789256161

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MEDIEVAL BRITAIN & IRELAND Berkeley Castle Tales Archaeological Narratives from Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire

Edited by Mark Horton, Stuart J. Prior and Konstantinos P. Trimmis A detailed picture of the history and archaeology of Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire.

The volume presents the outcomes of the 15-year-long University of Bristol excavations and landscape research at the Berkeley Castle estate. By combining the results of detailed archaeological fieldwork with information contained in the castle’s impressive collection of 20,000 historical documents, the project adds greatly to the knowledge and understanding of the early medieval period and the subsequent changes in landscape and society.

OX BO W B O O K S Paperback • 9781789255799 • November 2021 • £50.00 • SPECIAL OFFER: £40.00 192 pages • b/w and colour illus. | eBook available: 9781789255805

Early Medieval Winchester Communities, Authority and Power in an Urban Space, c.800-c.1200

Edited by Ryan Lavelle, Simon Roffey and Katherine Weikert An examination of the role of Winchester as the heart of royal power in early medieval England.

Winchester’s identity as a royal centre became well established in the 9th and 12th centuries largely due to the religious communities who lived within and outside the city walls. This volume presents early medieval Winchester not as a city alone, but a city emmeshed in wider political, social, and cultural movements, ultimately representing the authority and power of early medieval England as a whole.

OX BO W B O O K S Hardback • 9781789256239 • September 2021 • £49.95 • SPECIAL OFFER: £39.96 400 pages • b/w illus. | eBook available: 9781789256246

Medieval Rural Settlement Britain and Ireland, AD 800-1600

By Neil Christie and Paul Stamper A major assessment of the origins, forms and evolutions of medieval rural settlement in Britain and Ireland.

This major assessment of medieval rural settlement in Britain and Ireland c. AD 800-1600 offers a comprehensive analysis of early to late medieval settlement, land use, economics and population, bringing together evidence from archaeological excavations and surveys, historical geographical analysis and documentary and place-name study. Extensively illustrated, the volume includes a comprehensive, integrated bibliography and an index.

WI ND G ATH ER P R E S S Paperback • 9781911188674 • January 2021 • £25.00 • SPECIAL OFFER: £20.00 304 pages | eBook available: 9781905119653

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MEDIEVAL BRITAIN & IRELAND The Ancient Ways of Wessex Travel and Communication in an Early Medieval Landscape

By Alexander Langlands Highly accessible account of the everyday workings of the early medieval landscape of Wessex.

This book explores the theme of travel and communication in early medieval Wessex by examining the physical means by which people, ideas and goods moved through the landscape. Employing the rich topographical data that survives in Anglo-Saxon charter boundary clauses, along with other sources, this study sets about reconstructing aspects of the early medieval route network in ten sample areas taken from Hampshire, Devon, Dorset and Wiltshire.

WI ND G ATH ER | W I N D G AT HE R PRE S S Paperback • 9781911188513 • September 2019 • £35.00 • SPECIAL OFFER: £28.00 256 pages • b/w and colour illus. | eBook available: 9781911188520

The Wandering Herd The Medieval Cattle Economy of South-East England c.450-1450

By Andrew Margetts A multi-disciplinary study of the cattle economy of south-east England through the Middle Ages.

The British countryside is on the brink of change. How we shape our prospective environment can be informed by bygone practice, as well as through engagement with livestock and landscapes long since vanished.

This study examines aspects of pastoralism that occurred in part of medieval England and suggests how we can learn from forgotten management regimes to inform, shape and develop our future countryside.

WI ND G ATH ER P R E S S Paperback • 9781911188797 • February 2021 • £34.99 • SPECIAL OFFER: £27.99 312 pages • b/w and colour illus. | eBook available: 9781911188803

The Late Medieval Landscape of North-east Scotland Renaissance, Reformation and Revolution

By Colin Shepherd Explores rural life in north-east Scotland between the 13th and 18th centuries, using documentary, cartographic and archaeological evidence.

Colin Shepherd paints a picture of rural life within the landscapes of northeast Scotland between the 13th and 18th centuries. He shows how the landscape was ordered by topographic and environmental constraints that resulted in great variation across the region and considers the evidence for the way late medieval lifestyles developed and blended sustainably within their environments to create a patchwork of cultural and agricultural diversity.

WI ND G ATH ER P R E S S Paperback • 9781914427046 • August 2021 • £39.99 • SPECIAL OFFER: £31.99 240 pages • b/w and colour illus. | eBook available: 9781914427053

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MEDIEVAL BRITAIN & IRELAND Interpreting the English Village Landscape and Community at Shapwick, Somerset

By Mick Aston and Christopher Gerrard An original and approachable account of how archaeology can tell the story of the English village.

The Shapwick Project examined the development and history of an English parish and village over a ten thousand-year period. The result is a fascinating study about how the community lived and prospered in Shapwick. In addition we learn how a group of enthusiastic and dedicated scholars unravelled this story.

WI ND G ATH ER P R E S S Paperback • 9781905119455 • February 2013 • £29.95 • SPECIAL OFFER: £23.96 416 pages • 233 illus. | eBook available: 9781909686069

A Medieval Punishment Cemetery at Weyhill Road, Andover, Hampshire

By Karen E. Walker, Sharon Clough and Jeremy Clutterbuck Examines the first site to provide clear evidence for long duration of a ‘punishment’ cemetery and its significance.

This book explores the excavation of a site near Andover which clearly did not represent a normal community cemetery; many bodies had clearly been buried with their hands tied behind their backs or had been interred facedown, and some had been decapitated. The significance of the site lies in this evidence for continuity, at a local level, of the organisation of judicial power from Saxon times well into the Middle Ages.

C OT SW O L D A RC H A E O LOGY M O NO GRAPH | C OT SWO LD ARCH AEOLOG Y Hardback • 9780993454561 • February 2020 • £19.95 • SPECIAL OFFER: £15.96 207 pages

Medieval to Modern Suburban Material Culture and Sequence at Grand Arcade, Cambridge Archaeological Investigations of an Eleventh to Twentieth-Century Suburb and Town Ditch

By Craig Cessford and Alison Dickens This volume covers research, both archaeological and documentary, into the town of Cambridge.

This is the first volume describing the results of the CAUs excavations in Cambridge and it is also the first monograph ever published on the archaeology of the town. At 1.5 hectares the Grand Arcade investigations represent the largest archaeological excavation ever undertaken in Cambridge, significantly enhanced by detailed standing building recording and documentary research.

C A M BR I D G E A RC H A EO LO GICAL UNIT URB AN ARC HAE O LOG Y SER I ES | MCDON AL D I N STI TUTE FOR A RC HA E O LO G I C A L R ES E ARC H Hardback • 9781902937786 • October 2019 • £45.00 • SPECIAL OFFER: £36.00 495 pages

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MEDIEVAL BRITAIN & IRELAND The Medieval Priory and Hospital of St Mary Spital and the Bishopsgate Suburb Excavations at Spitalfields Market, London E1, 1991-2007

By Chiz Harward, Nick Holder, Christopher Phillpotts and Christopher Thomas Results of excavations at London's Spitalfields Market.

London’s Spitalfields Market was the location of one of the city’s largest archaeological excavations, carried out by MOLA between 1991 and 2007. This book presents the archaeological and documentary evidence for medieval activity here, on the north-eastern fringe of the historic city, and the site of the Augustinian priory and hospital of St Mary without Bishopsgate, later known as St Mary Spital.

M O L A MO N O G R A P H | MO LA ( M USE UM O F LO NDO N ARCH AEOLOG Y ) Hardback • 9781907586484 • March 2019 • £32.00 • SPECIAL OFFER: £25.60 315 pages • 245 illus.

Bridging the Past: Life in Medieval and Post-Medieval Southwark Excavations along the route of Thameslink Borough Viaduct and at London Bridge Station

By Amelia Fairman, Steven Teague and Jonathan Butler Presents results of excavations for the Thameslink project at Borough Viaduct and London Bridge Station.

Excavations for the Thameslink project at Borough Viaduct and London Bridge Station have provided important new insights into the development of Southwark from the Saxon period up to the 19th century. This volume examines evidence from the 1st and 2nd millennia AD through to the 18th century.

T HA M E S L I N K MO N O G R APH SE RIE S | OAPCA Hardback • 9780995663633 • September 2020 • £35.00 • SPECIAL OFFER: £28.00 722 pages • 417 illus.

Torre Abbey, Devon The Archaeology of the Premonstratensian Abbey

By Deirdre Forde, Julian Munby and Ian R. Scott This fully illustrated publication brings to a close a major enterprise in the 30-year investigation of the site of Torre Abbey, Devon.

Torre Abbey is one of the more impressive monastic sites in Devon, both as a ruin and as a conversion to a comfortable post-medieval mansion.

This report publishes the results of the excavations and building surveys, including the architectural development of the abbey church and claustral buildings, discoveries made in removing render from the walls of the monastic refectory, and changes made for the post-medieval mansion.

OX F OR D A RC H A EO LO G Y Paperback • 9780904220834 • April 2019 • £20.00 • SPECIAL OFFER: £16.00 299 pages • 273 illus.

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MEDIEVAL BRITAIN & IRELAND Brothers Minor: Lancashire's Lost Franciscans Investigations at Preston Friary 1991 and 2007

By Jeremy Bradley and Stephen Rowland Explores significant medieval remains in Preston identified as the Franciscan friary of St Clare.

In 1991 and 2007, development-led excavations close to Preston’s historic centre revealed significant medieval remains including a building accompanied by several east/west-aligned burials, indicating an ecclesiastical origin. This volume explores these results along with the postexcavation analysis, funded by Historic England.

L A NC A S TE R I MP R I N T S | OX F O RD ARC HAE O LO GY NO RT H Paperback • 9781907686351 • February 2020 • £12.00 • SPECIAL OFFER: £9.60 108 pages

Farmers and Weavers Investigation at Kingsway Buisiness Park and Cutacre Country Park, Greater Manchester

Edited by Richard Gregory, Peter Arrowsmith, Ian Miller and Michael Nevell The story of two archaeological sites in Greater Manchester which show how people lived and worked the rural landscape.

A combination of archaeological techniques were employed to explore the prehistoric and later rural landscapes of two areas in Greater Manchester: Kingsway Business Park and Cutacre Country Park. Comprising of standing-building survey, open-area excavation, topographical survey and paleoenvironmental coring, discoveries ranged from Middle Bronze Age to industrial periods.

The result of a multi-disciplinary approach to the archaeology, the findings greatly enhance an understanding of rural settlement in north-west England.

L A NC A S TE R I MP R I N T S | OX F O RD ARC HAE O LO GY NO RT H Paperback • 9781907686368 • March 2021 • £25.00 • SPECIAL OFFER: £20.00 288 pages • 329 illus.

Magic, Metallurgy and Imagination in Medieval Ireland Three Studies

By John Carey A study of the rich and fascinating traditions found early Irish literature concerning smiths and the fashioning of metal.

The smith had a special status within the traditional societies of early Ireland and elsewhere in the Celtic-speaking world. The figure is associated with magic and the supernatural, as well as having special legal status, and a marginal and ambiguous position within the community. This book explores the role and significance of smiths and their craft in these societies.

C E LT I C S T U D I E S P UB L I CAT IO NS | CE LT IC ST UDIE S PUB LICATI ON S Paperback • 9781891271281 • August 2019 • £14.95 • SPECIAL OFFER: £11.96 148 pages

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MEDIEVAL EUROPE & BEYOND Re-imagining Periphery Archaeology and Text in Northern Europe from Iron Age to Viking and Early Medieval Periods

Edited by Charlotta Hillerdal and Kristin Ilves A collective summary of our current understandings of Iron Age and early medieval northern Europe.

This edited volume delves into the current state of Iron Age and Early Medieval research in the North. It aims to provide an intense and cohesive focus on the characteristics of contemporary Iron Age research explored under the subheadings of field and methodology, settlement and spatiality, text and translation, and interaction and impact. It gathers the work of leading, established researchers and field archaeologists based throughout northern Europe.

OX BO W B O O K S Hardback • 9781789254501 • June 2020 • £40.00 • SPECIAL OFFER: £32.00 200 pages | eBook available: 9781789254518

Butrint 5: Life and Death at a Mediterranean Port The Non-Ceramic Finds from the Triconch Palace

By William Bowden A detailed description and discussion of Roman–medieval finds (excluding pottery) and environmental data from excavation of the Triconch Palace at Butrint.

This latest volume in the Butrint (Albania) monograph series provides a unique example of a long sequence of environmental and material remains from a high status building complex, described in a previous volume, in the eastern Adriatic and as such will form a landmark publication. It provides an unprecedented detailed catalogue and description of coinage covering a 1200 year period.

BU T R I N T A RC H A EO LO G I CAL M O NO GRAPHS | OX B O W B OOKS Hardback • 9781785708978 • December 2019 • £45.00 • SPECIAL OFFER: £36.00 376 pages • b/w and colour illus. | eBook available: 9781785708985

Animals and Archaeology in Northern Medieval Russia Zooarchaeological Studies in Novgorod and its Region

Edited by Mark Maltby and Mark Brisbane Examines a substantial body of animal bones that has been recovered over the last decade from Novgorod and its territory.

The zooarchaeological evidence is discussed by the editor and a number of other British and Russian specialists looking at the remains of mammals, birds and fish. Topics discussed include diet, butchery practices, the exploitation of fur and skins, mortality patterns of mammals, and metrical analyses of a wide range of species. Detailed data sets are provided to enable the reader to make comparisons with their own research.

OX BO W B O O K S Hardback • 9781842172773 • February 2020 • £65.00 • SPECIAL OFFER: £52.00 392 pages • b/w illus. and accompanying CD with supporting data | eBook available: 9781789254181

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MEDIEVAL EUROPE & BEYOND Dorestad and its Networks Communities, Contact and Conflict in Early Medieval Europe

Edited by Annemarieke Willemsen and Hanneke Kik New research into the Vikings at Dorestad based on a wide range of finds.

The contributions in these proceedings are devoted to new research into the Vikings at Dorestad, assemblages of jewellery, playing pieces and weaponry from the town, recent excavations at other Carolingian sites in the Low Countries, and the use and trade of glassware and broadswords in this era.

They show the political, economic and cultural networks of Dorestad, the only town to be called ‘vicus famosus’ in contemporary sources.

PA L M A | S I D E S TO N E P R E SS Paperback • 9789464260038 • June 2021 • £45.00 • SPECIAL OFFER: £36.00 216 pages • 5 b/w and 142 colour illus.

Seasonal Settlement in the Medieval and Early Modern Countryside Edited by Piers Dixon and Claudia Theune Presents various structures and economic activities of medieval and postmedieval seasonal settlements in Europe.

For the first time seasonality is placed at the centre of the study of rural settlement. Using a Europe-wide approach, this book provides a primer of examples, techniques and ideas for the identification and understanding of seasonal settlement. As such, it marks an important new step in the interpretation of the use of the countryside by historic communities linked to the annual passage of the year.

RU R A L I A | S I D ES TO N E PRE SS Paperback • 9789464270099 • September 2021 • £65.00 • PRE-ORDER NOW: £52.00 330 pages • 22 b/w and 117 colour illus.

Before the Military Revolution European Warfare and the Rise of the Early Modern State 1300-1490

By Alexander Querengässer Examines European warfare and economic transformation in the late Middle Ages (1300 - 1490).

This book argues that the economic changes during the late Middle Ages are among the most fundamental in the military and political organisation of Europe until the rise of the constitutional state around 1800. Through a critical look at other developments of this age such as the infantry and artillery revolution and the decline of cavalry, it concludes that the economic changes come closer to the original concept of a military revolution.

OX BO W B O O K S Hardback • 9781789256697 • July 2021 • £50.00 • PRE-ORDER NOW: £40.00 256 pages • b/w illus. | eBook available: 9781789256703

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MEDIEVAL WARFARE The Art of Medieval Warfare Edited by Peter Konieczny A compilation of the best art from the first fifty issues of Medieval Warfare.

The 2020 special edition of Medieval Warfare is a compilation of covers, battle scenes and unit reconstructions from the first fifty issues of the magazine.

This 100-page full-colour book features artwork by favourite illustrators such as Jose Cabrera-Pena, Darren Tan, Rocio Espin, and Zvonimir Grbasic, to name but a few. Also included are articles by the staff with insight into our philosophy for commissioning artwork, and a "behind-the-scenes" look at how illustrations are produced.

M E D I E VA L WA R FA R E S P E CIALS | K ARWANSARAY PUB LISHER S Paperback • 9789490258214 • September 2020 • £16.00 • SPECIAL OFFER: £12.80 100 pages

Medieval Military Combat Battle Tactics and Fighting Techniques of the Wars of the Roses

By Tom Lewis Explores the battle techniques of the medieval period.

We don't know exactly how medieval soldiers fought their battles. This book shows, for the first time, the techniques that may have been used by soldiers. It also breaks new ground in establishing medieval battle numbers as highly exaggerated, and argues that we need to look again at the accounts of actions such as the famous Battle of Towton, which this work uses as a basis for its overall study.

C A SE M AT E U K Hardback • 9781612008875 • March 2021 • £25.00 • SPECIAL OFFER: £20.00 256 pages • 50 illustrations | eBook available: 9781612008882

The Commotion Time Tudor Rebellions of 1549

By E.T. Fox A military history of the armies and campaigns of the Norfolk and Western rebellions of 1549.

In 1549 two major rebellions and several minor uprising occurred spontaneously throughout England. Previous histories of the rebellions of 1549 have explored their causes in great depth, but little attention has been given to the military history of the campaigns. In this book Dr E.T. Fox explores how the ‘medieval’ rebels of the Devon and Cornwall militias fared against the German pikemen and Italian arquebusiers the government sent against them.

RE T I NUE TO R EG I MEN T | HE LIO N AND C O M PANY Paperback • 9781913118792 • September 2020 • £25.00 • SPECIAL OFFER: £20.00 230 pages • 32 b/w illus., 11 maps

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MEDIEVAL EUROPE & BEYOND The Italian Wars Volume 2 Agnadello 1509, Ravenna 1512, Marignano 1515

By Massimo Predonzani, Vincenzo Alberici and Rachele Tiso An account of the actions that followed the formation of the League of Cambrai in 1508.

The League of Cambrai was an alliance between the main European powers with the purpose of halting the expansion of the Republic of Venice. The war that followed was one of the major conflicts in the Italian wars. In this book, the structure of the armies, the weapons, the battles and their death toll are described, and military heraldry, armies’ identification marks, and captains’ emblems, and insignias are analysed.

RE T I NUE TO R EG I MEN T | HE LIO N AND C O M PANY Paperback • 9781913118808 • April 2021 • £19.95 • SPECIAL OFFER: £15.96 158 pages • 50 b/w illus. 8 colour charts

The Italian Wars Volume 3 Francis I and the Battle of Pavia 1525

By Massimo Predonzani and Vincenzo Alberici This book examines the Battle of Pavia that marked a decisive turning point in the Great Italian Wars.

This book studies the events that led to the Battle of Pavia, the events and the armies that took part, along with their equipment, clothing, and heraldry. The book is well illustrated and comes with newly commissioned colour plates depicting the soldiers that fought there.

RE T I NUE TO R EG I MEN T | HE LIO N AND C O M PANY Paperback • 9781914059667 • November 2021 • £19.95 • PRE-ORDER NOW: £15.96 144 pages • 40 b/w and 8 colour illus., maps

The Onin War 1467-77 A Turning Point in Samurai History

By Stephen Turnbull The first complete military history of the Onin War, the greatest turning point in Japanese history.

The Onin War was the key turning point in samurai warfare. There had been conflicts before, but what made the Onin War unique was the fierce street-fighting that went on within the city of Kyoto itself. Based on original sources that have never before been translated from Japanese, as well as exceptionally detailed maps and illustrations, this is the first comprehensive work on this exciting yet confusing war.

RE T I NUE TO R EG I MEN T | HE LIO N AND C O M PANY Paperback • 9781914059674 • September 2021 • £19.95 • PRE-ORDER NOW: £15.96 144 pages • 63 b/w and 8 colour illus., 4 maps

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