Aberdeen

Aberdeen

Author: Alison Cameron

Publisher: Society Antiquaries Scotland

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 253

ISBN-13: 0903903199

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This volume represents the publication and discussion of a significant group of seven sites within the medieval burgh of Aberdeen, excavated in advance of various city-centre developments between 1978 and 1993.


Mendicants, Military Orders, and Regionalism in Medieval Europe

Mendicants, Military Orders, and Regionalism in Medieval Europe

Author: Jürgen Sarnowsky

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-12-24

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 1351918168

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The new religious orders of the 12th and 13th centuries - the military orders and the mendicants - were established as international orders. Yet they were inevitably dependent on regional and local conditions for recruitment and finance, and could not escape involvement in the power structures, whether secular or ecclesiastical, of the areas in which they were based. This book examines the tensions that arose from this, and how they evolved and were manifested. It looks in particular at the orders’ early expansion, and at the special conditions that applied in frontier regions, notably those in Northern and Central Europe which have typically been less well studied.


Evolution of Scotland's Towns

Evolution of Scotland's Towns

Author: Patricia Dennison

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Published: 2018-01-23

Total Pages: 418

ISBN-13: 1474409830

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A new analysis of mind/body unity, based on the philosophy of Spinoza


Bone, Antler, Ivory and Horn

Bone, Antler, Ivory and Horn

Author: Arthur MacGregor

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-10-30

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 1317602021

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Artefacts made from skeletal materials since the Roman period were, before this book, neglected as a serious area of study. This is a comprehensive account which reviews over fifty categories of artefact. The book starts with a consideration of the formation, morphology and mechanical properties of the materials and illuminates characteristics concerning working with them. Following chapters discuss the organisation of the industry and trade in such items, including the changing status of the industry over time. Archaeological evidence is combined with that from historical and ethnological sources, with many illustrations providing key visual reference. Originally published in 1985.


Early Medieval Settlement in Upland Perthshire: Excavations at Lair, Glen Shee 2012-17

Early Medieval Settlement in Upland Perthshire: Excavations at Lair, Glen Shee 2012-17

Author: David Strachan

Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd

Published: 2019-10-31

Total Pages: 202

ISBN-13: 1789693160

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Excavation of seven turf buildings at Lair in Glen Shee confirms the introduction of Pitcarmick buildings to the hills of north-east Perth and Kinross in the early 7th century AD. Clusters of these at Lair, and elsewhere in the hills, are interpreted as integrated, spatially organised farm complexes comprising byre-houses and outbuildings.