{"product_id":"the-role-of-anglo-saxon-great-hall-complexes-in-kingdom-formation-in-comparison-and-in-context-ad-500-750-9781789693874","title":"The Role of Anglo-Saxon Great Hall Complexes in Kingdom Formation, in Comparison and in Context AD 500–750","description":"\u003cp\u003eAdam McBride investigates the emergence of Anglo-Saxon great hall complexes between AD 500 and 750 and asks what these high-status settlements reveal about the formation of early English kingdoms. Comparative analysis of known hall complexes is combined with new fieldwork, quantitative methods and a regional study of the Upper Thames Valley.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book links monumental halls with the consolidation of elite authority, new supra-regional communities and changing political ideology after the end of Roman rule. Settlement and burial evidence are considered together to trace the development of socio-economic power before the great halls appeared and during their florescence. Its archaeological focus makes it especially useful for studying kingdom formation without reducing early Anglo-Saxon political change to a conventional narrative.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Archaeopress Archaeology","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67696903848070,"sku":"9781789693874","price":168.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0671\/9199\/6550\/files\/aevum-c6-9781789693874-cover.jpg?v=1792040465","url":"https:\/\/aevumbooks.com\/products\/the-role-of-anglo-saxon-great-hall-complexes-in-kingdom-formation-in-comparison-and-in-context-ad-500-750-9781789693874","provider":"Aevum Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}