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Vom 8. bis zum 11. Jahrhundert spielten Skandinavier, meist Dänen und Norweger, in der Geschichte Westeuropas als Räuber, Eroberer und Kolonisatoren eine herausragende Rolle. Ihre Raubzüge führten sie auf die Britischen Inseln, ins Frankenreich, sogar auf die Iberische Halbinsel und nach Nordafrika. Im 9. Jahrhundert eroberten sie einen Großteil Englands und errichteten Stützpunkte an der irischen Küste, von denen aus sie Angriffe gegen das La...

An account of the ways wealth was accumulated and the forms it took in Anglo-Saxon England, with emphasis on recent developments in the study of Anglo-Saxon coins and Domesday Book, and some of their surprising results.

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A brief survey of the major DBMS and HeI conference proceedings over the past 10 years will reveal isolated pockets of research in database user interfaces but little sense of being swept along with the general advances in DBMS technology and Hel. New data models have evolved to meet the needs of different application domains, persistent programming languages are blurring the traditional distinction between data definition and application prog...

Offers an exploration of medieval Scandinavia, which questions assumptions about early Scandinavian history. The book traces the development of Scandinavia from the early 9th century through the second and third decades of the 16th century.

While many political theorists argue that the problems and failures of American democracy are rooted in the decline of civil society, few examine how American institutions socialize citizens to participate in the voluntary associations that comprise civil society. Peter Robert Sawyer offers a life history approach to explore citizen involvement within one community in upstate New York. Sawyer's informants model enlightened self-interest and pa...

While many political theorists argue that the problems and failures of American democracy are rooted in the decline of civil society, few examine how American institutions socialize citizens to participate in the voluntary associations that comprise civil society. Peter Robert Sawyer offers a life history approach to explore citizen involvement within one community in upstate New York. Sawyer's informants model enlightened self-interest and pa...

With settlements stretching across a vast expanse and with legends of their exploits extending even farther, the Vikings were the most far-flung and feared people of their time. Yet the archaeological and historical records are so scant that the true nature of Viking civilization remainsshrouded in mystery. In this richly illustrated volume, twelve leading scholars draw on the latest research and archaeological evidence to provide the clearest...