IMC 2021: Sessions
Session 111: Climates of Adversity: Maritime Environments in the North Sea World, c. 1000-1250
Monday 5 July 2021, 11.15-12.45
| Organiser: | Rebecca Tyson, Department of History, University of Bristol |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Dolores Jørgensen, University of Virginia / Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Trondheim |
| Paper 111-a | When Land Becomes Sea: Coastal Landslides in Medieval Bahusia (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Sites, Geography and Settlement Studies, Local History |
| Paper 111-b | Steering a Course through Swollen Seas: Environmental Conditions Influencing Maritime Voyages in the North Sea World, c. 1000 (Language: English) Index terms: Geography and Settlement Studies, Maritime and Naval Studies, Science |
| Paper 111-c | Slavery and the Sea: Logistical and Environmental Considerations on Slave Raiding in 11th-Century Britain (Language: English) Index terms: Economics - Trade, Maritime and Naval Studies, Social History |
| Abstract | This interdisciplinary session explores the maritime environments of the North Sea World with the aim of encouraging conversations and connections between the evidence for archaeological, historical, and environmental engagements with, and perceptions of, the sea. Paper 1 discusses the impacts of coastal landslides on three sites in medieval Bahusia; Paper 2 explores some of the environmental conditions influencing navigation of the North Sea and English Channel around the turn of the first millennium; and Paper 3 addresses the logistical and environmental considerations of slave raiding in 11th-century Britain. |