Th.--Allemand--Paris 4, 1986.

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The project was an examination of trade through the regional survey and analysis of archaeological data from middle Saxon England. Much previous work had focused towards long-distance trade articulated through urban ports, and the thesis aimed to provide new methods for the study of the early medieval economy by placing these urban settlements within a regional setting. It examined trade within regions as a whole, rather than concentrating only on the archaeologically most visible, i.e. long-distance trade. A comparative, study area approach was adopted for analysis, with two regions (Kent and Yorkshire) chosen. Methodology was based on both detailed analysis of artefact distributions throughout the middle Saxon period, and comparative examination of individual site assemblages. As a result, networks of trade, and the movement of goods could be assessed, and individual sites placed within this context. Specific artefact groups were chosen which highlighted different aspects of trade (coinage, pottery, stone artefects, and metalwork), and other materials, both archaeological and historical, were utilised wherever possible. Both study areas were also discussed in the context of middle Saxon eastern England, in order to provide a broader interpretation of early medieval trade. These analyses showed that the early medieval economy was more complex than has been previously proposed, with distinct regional variations apparent. A number of sites were interpreted as inland markets, their positions suggestive of an overall political control of trade, and most coin rich sites were located close enough to the coast to easily gain direct access to long-distance coastal trade. The church may have been heavily involved. Much trade appears to have been centred around the movement of utilitarian goods, including stone, foodstuffs, salt and slaves, and royal interest in the regulation of trade focused on the large revenues available through tolls.

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Dissertation--Juristische Fachbereich--Frankfurt am Main--Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Wintersemester 2004/2005. / Bibliogr. p. XIV-XLVI.

Inaug.-diss.--Kiel. / "Die vollständige Arbeit erscheint als 8. Heft (n.F. 3) der 'Kieler Studien zur englischen Philologie ... '" Lebenslauf.

Inaug. - diss. -- Dorpat.

This paper expands upon the work done by Cathey (2002) in his Hêliand: Text and Commentary by examining three Old Saxon prepositions defined in his glossary as “prepositions with various meanings.” By examining the contexts in which these prepositions occur and the substantial body of German scholarship on the issue, in particular Sehrt (1925), Sievers (1878), and Behaghel (1897), as well as English translations such as Murphy (1992) and Scott (1966), sets of possible English glosses for each of these three prepositions can be established. / text

This thesis looks at the problems of trade and exchange in the Middle Saxon period (AD 650- 850), using, as a case study, the imported pottery excavated in Ipswich over the past 20 years. Richard Hodges' study of the imported pottery from Hamwic was taken as the starting point, although his work deals almost exclusively with pottery from France. Much more of the Ipswich material originated in the Rhineland, and it is postulated that these two emporia were operating under different trade diasporas. The context of the trade in pottery and other imported goods is discussed with reference to anthropological research into long distance trade and exchange. The social position of the traders and who they were is discussed. Part II deals with the trading settlements themselves. The roles of the four major English emporia of Ipswich, Hamwic, London and York are examined, and their chronology, archaeological evidence and imported ceramics are considered. The relationship between the English emporia and their continental counterparts is discussed, and four of the major continental emporia are described. Part III describes the methodology used for analysing the ceramics, and gives detailed descriptions of the main types recovered at Ipswich. The macroscopic and thin-section analyses are described, and the problems of the various ceramic types, in particular the northern French Black wares and Tating ware, are discussed. The appendices give details of the thin-section analysis undertaken. In Part IV the implications of the sequence and origins of imported pottery are discussed for England in general, and for Ipswich and East Anglia in particular. The changing roles of the emporia within their societies are discussed The problems of coinage, gift-exchange and the development of markets and a monetary economy are examined in Chapter 7, looking at the problems of using ceramics as a means of understanding social and economic development.

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