A United Europe of Things Portable Material Culture across Medieval Europe

This volume studies high and late medieval material culture in a Pan-European context. The idea of ‘unity of culture’ in Medieval Latin Europe is well known in historical texts, especially when it concerns the so-called ‘Europe North of the Alps’. This book investigates the similarities and differen...

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Other Authors: Sawicki, Jakub (Editor), Lewis, Michael (Editor), Vargha, Mária (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2023, 2023
Edition:1st ed. 2023
Series:Themes in Contemporary Archaeology
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Introduction to a United Europe of Things (Sawicki, Lewis & Vargha)
  • Chapter 2. United We Play, United We Pray? Connected Networks of Medieval Play and Supernatural Engagement (Hall)
  • Chapter 3. Where Globalisation, Commerce and Devotion Meet: Silver and Pewter Spoons in Later Medieval England in a European Context (Jervis)
  • Chapter 4. A United Europe of (Religious) Inscriptions (on Medieval Dress Accessories)? (Lewis)
  • Chapter 5. Our Lady of Things: The Representation of the Virgin Mary on Jewellery in Medieval Hungary(Stark)
  • Chapter 6. ‘The Kings’ Name is a Tower of Strength’: Images of Enthroned Kings on Late Romanesque Mounts from Hungary (Vargha)
  • Chapter 7. Bull, Ram and Hare: Pottery Aquamaniles from Upper Maribor Castle (Slovenia) (Jančar and Ravnik)
  • Chapter 8. Hooked Clasps and Where to Find Them: Similarities and Differences in Dress Accessories in Europe North of the Alps (Sawicki)
  • Chapter 9. It Depends: The Use of Harness Pendants in Medieval Europe (Webley )
  • Chapter 10. Import or Imitation? Late Medieval Graphite Ware and its Influence in Central Transdanubia (Hungary) (Kovács)
  • Chapter 11. Long-distance Relations Reflected in the Medieval Urban Material Culture of Baia Mare (Nagybánya), Satu Mare (Szatmár) and Mintiu (Németi) (Romania) (Szocs)
  • Chapter 12. Masses of Medieval Metal: A Quantitative Approach to Metalwork from Medieval Cities in Flanders (AD 1000–1600) (Deckers)
  • Chapter 13. Material Cultures and Social Practices in the Archaeological Assemblages of Uppsala (AD 1100–1550) (Kjellberg)