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Prestate Societies of the North Central European Plains
Ludomir Lozny
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Description for Prestate Societies of the North Central European Plains
Paperback. Series: Springerbriefs in Anthropology. Num Pages: 94 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 14 colour illustrations, 18 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 8. Weight in Grams: 177.
This volume offers a new perspective on social dynamics and culture change in the North Central European Plains (NCEP) from 600 to 900 CE. It discusses long-term causal processes leading to the formation of state at the fringes of the Merovingian and Frankish Kingdoms, the Carolingian and the Holy Roman Empire, the Scandinavian Kingdoms, the Czech Kingdom, and the Kingdom of Rus. The central problem addressed is how to account for and explain the transition from noncomplex to supra-tribal polities between 600 and 900 CE. The examined evidence shows that a very basic community-level management of common pool resources seems ... Read more
This volume offers a new perspective on social dynamics and culture change in the North Central European Plains (NCEP) from 600 to 900 CE. It discusses long-term causal processes leading to the formation of state at the fringes of the Merovingian and Frankish Kingdoms, the Carolingian and the Holy Roman Empire, the Scandinavian Kingdoms, the Czech Kingdom, and the Kingdom of Rus. The central problem addressed is how to account for and explain the transition from noncomplex to supra-tribal polities between 600 and 900 CE. The examined evidence shows that a very basic community-level management of common pool resources seems ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
75
Condition
New
Series
Springerbriefs in Anthropology
Number of Pages
94
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461468141
SKU
V9781461468141
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Reviews for Prestate Societies of the North Central European Plains
From the book reviews: “The book offers new knowledge and opens up new avenues for further research on the emergence of social complexity in general. It will, no doubt, find a place on the bookshelves and desks of specialists in the European Middle Ages, but also archaeologists, cultural anthropologists, and historians who search for new approaches to study historical ... Read more