The sixth and earlier seventh centuries: preconditions of the rise of the emporia
<p>This thesis assesses the sixth-/early seventh-century socio-economic roots of the eighth-century transmarine system connecting England and the Continent through major coastal trading sites (<em>emporia</em>).</p> <p>Part 1 discusses socio-economic developments in the...
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| author | Bavuso, I |
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| description | <p>This thesis assesses the sixth-/early seventh-century socio-economic roots of the eighth-century transmarine system connecting England and the Continent through major coastal trading sites (<em>emporia</em>).</p> <p>Part 1 discusses socio-economic developments in the coastal areas of Kent, Sussex, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, and the Pas-de-Calais, through a close investigation of fifth- to early seventh-century archaeological evidence. The inclusion of later written sources has been fundamental to recognise that the two shores of the Channel were connected in a more complex network than previously assumed, beyond the major emporia. </p> <p>These areas are then considered comparatively: after challenging substantivist approaches that assume an overwhelming importance of gift-exchange in sixth-century England, Part 2 stresses the role of transmarine traffic and exploitation of natural resources in the socio-economic development of coastal areas. The examination of sixth-century written sources has also proved rewarding to reconsider the sixth-century political relationships between Franks and Anglo-Saxons. The role of kings, churches and laymen in the later transmarine network (seventh/eighth centuries) is then discussed by including the Thames Valley, the estuaries of the rivers Seine and Loire, and the Rhine Delta, examined through the written sources.</p> <p>One crucial question is the role of political actors in the development of a cross-Channel system of exchange. In this regard, scholars have mainly focused on the period when this system was already in place, pointing to a pivotal role of kings and political institutions for its establishment, or to the later appropriation by elites of a coastal area already integrated in the maritime network, but detached from political power. This thesis argues that a close link existed between elites and coastal areas before the <em>emporia</em>; thus, although kings were not the driving stimulus for the establishment of trading sites, the transmarine traffic fostered the socio-economic development of the coastal communities.</p> |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:b0f77d19-e741-40a1-9af9-99dce539cbc92022-03-27T04:00:22ZThe sixth and earlier seventh centuries: preconditions of the rise of the emporiaThesishttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_db06uuid:b0f77d19-e741-40a1-9af9-99dce539cbc9Socio-Economic HistoryMerovingian History and ArchaeologyEarly Medieval HistoryAnglo-Saxon History and ArchaeologyEnglishORA Deposit2017Bavuso, IWickham, CAbrams, LHamerow, HStory, J<p>This thesis assesses the sixth-/early seventh-century socio-economic roots of the eighth-century transmarine system connecting England and the Continent through major coastal trading sites (<em>emporia</em>).</p> <p>Part 1 discusses socio-economic developments in the coastal areas of Kent, Sussex, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, and the Pas-de-Calais, through a close investigation of fifth- to early seventh-century archaeological evidence. The inclusion of later written sources has been fundamental to recognise that the two shores of the Channel were connected in a more complex network than previously assumed, beyond the major emporia. </p> <p>These areas are then considered comparatively: after challenging substantivist approaches that assume an overwhelming importance of gift-exchange in sixth-century England, Part 2 stresses the role of transmarine traffic and exploitation of natural resources in the socio-economic development of coastal areas. The examination of sixth-century written sources has also proved rewarding to reconsider the sixth-century political relationships between Franks and Anglo-Saxons. The role of kings, churches and laymen in the later transmarine network (seventh/eighth centuries) is then discussed by including the Thames Valley, the estuaries of the rivers Seine and Loire, and the Rhine Delta, examined through the written sources.</p> <p>One crucial question is the role of political actors in the development of a cross-Channel system of exchange. In this regard, scholars have mainly focused on the period when this system was already in place, pointing to a pivotal role of kings and political institutions for its establishment, or to the later appropriation by elites of a coastal area already integrated in the maritime network, but detached from political power. This thesis argues that a close link existed between elites and coastal areas before the <em>emporia</em>; thus, although kings were not the driving stimulus for the establishment of trading sites, the transmarine traffic fostered the socio-economic development of the coastal communities.</p> |
| spellingShingle | Socio-Economic History Merovingian History and Archaeology Early Medieval History Anglo-Saxon History and Archaeology Bavuso, I The sixth and earlier seventh centuries: preconditions of the rise of the emporia |
| title | The sixth and earlier seventh centuries: preconditions of the rise of the emporia |
| title_full | The sixth and earlier seventh centuries: preconditions of the rise of the emporia |
| title_fullStr | The sixth and earlier seventh centuries: preconditions of the rise of the emporia |
| title_full_unstemmed | The sixth and earlier seventh centuries: preconditions of the rise of the emporia |
| title_short | The sixth and earlier seventh centuries: preconditions of the rise of the emporia |
| title_sort | sixth and earlier seventh centuries preconditions of the rise of the emporia |
| topic | Socio-Economic History Merovingian History and Archaeology Early Medieval History Anglo-Saxon History and Archaeology |
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