IMC 2009: Sessions
Session 303: Architecture, Archaeology, and Landscape of Power, III: The Royal Vill in Anglo-Saxon England
Monday 13 July 2009, 16.30-18.00
Sponsor: | Centre for Medieval & Renaissance Studies, Durham University |
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Organiser: | David Rollason, Department of History, Durham University |
Moderator/Chair: | Sarah Semple, Department of Archaeology, Durham University |
Paper 303-a | Anglo-Saxon Royal Manors: Location and Communication (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Archaeology - Sites |
Paper 303-b | Royal Vills and Royal Power in Anglo-Saxon Kent (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Archaeology - General, Economics - General |
Paper 303-c | West Saxon Royal Sites (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Art History - Painting |
Abstract | The aim of this session is to examine the geography of power as it is represented by the location and character of the centres often termed in English sources 'royal vills'. The crucial significance of these centres for understanding the nature and operation of power in the early middle ages, long ago underlined by Peter Sawyer, will here be pursued from an archaeological, landscape, and historical perspective. |