1st Edition
In Search of Vikings Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Scandinavian Heritage of North-West England
Foreword
Preface
Contributors
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Scandinavian Heritage of North-West England
David Griffiths and Stephen E. Harding
A Brief History and Archaeology of Viking Activity in North-West England
David Griffiths
Speaking Like a Viking: Language and Cultural Interaction in the Irish Sea Region
Judith Jesch
Viking Age Women
Christina Lee
Taking Sides: North-West England Vikings at Battle of Tettenhall, AD 910
John Quanrud
Battle of Brunanburh in 937: Battlefield Despatches
Paul Cavill
Viking Age Rural Settlement in Lowland North-West England: Identifying the Invisible?
Robert A. Philpott
Viking-Age Site at Workington, Cumbria: Interim Statement
Mike McCarthy and Caroline Paterson
Were There Vikings in Carlisle?
Mike McCarthy, Janet Montgomery, Ceilidh Lerwick, and Jo Buckberry
Viking Age Silver in North-West England: Hoards and Single Finds
Jane Kershaw
What Can Genetics Tell Us about Vikings in the Wirral and West Lancashire?
Turi King
Figuring It Out: Further Work on Neston Cross Fragments, Cheshire
Roger White
Index
Biography
Stephen E. Harding, David Griffiths, Elizabeth Royles
"With topics ranging from the often subtle clues to a female presence, and the influence of the Old Norse language, to hoards, thought-provoking reassessments of key battles, and the search for settlement evidence, it is a wide-ranging compilation…. A satisfyingly comprehensive book."
— CH in Current Archaeology 308, October 1, 2015
