"The German Ocean examines archaeological and historical evidence for the development of economies and societies around the North Sea from the beginning of the 12th century until the end of the 16th century. It draws in material from Scandinavia to Normandy and from Scotland to Kent. While larg...

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1. Verfasser:	Ayers, Brian (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Sheffield ; Bristol Equinox 2016
Schriftenreihe:	Studies in the archaeology of medieval Europe
Schlagworte:	Geschichte 1100-1550 Funde Geschichte Wirtschaft Material culture > North Sea Region > History Regionalism > North Sea Region > History Social archaeology > North Sea Region Wirtschaftsentwicklung Handel Gesellschaft North Sea Region > Antiquities Europe, Northern > Antiquities North Sea Region > History Europe, Northern > History North Sea Region > Commerce > History North Sea Region > Economic conditions Nordseeraum
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Zusammenfassung:	"The German Ocean examines archaeological and historical evidence for the development of economies and societies around the North Sea from the beginning of the 12th century until the end of the 16th century. It draws in material from Scandinavia to Normandy and from Scotland to Kent. While largely concerned with the North Sea littoral, when necessary it takes account of adjacent areas such as the Baltic or inland hinterlands. The North Sea is often perceived as a great divide, divorcing the British Isles from continental Europe. In cultural terms, however, it has always acted more as a lake, supporting communities around its fringes which have frequently had much in common. This is especially true of the medieval period when trade links, fostered in the two centuries prior to 1100, expanded in the 12th and 13th centuries to ensure the development of maritime societies whose material culture was often more remarkable for its similarity across distance than its diversity. Geography, access to raw materials and political expediency could nevertheless combine to provide distinctive regional variations. Economies developed more rapidly in some areas than others; local solutions to problems produced urban and rural environments of different aspect; the growth, and sometimes decline, of towns and ports was often dictated by local as much as wider factors"...Provided by publisher
Beschreibung:	Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:	XXI, 268 Seiten Illustrationen
ISBN:	9781904768494 9781781794401 9781781794418
DOI:	10.11588/frrec.2018.1.45538