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Key facts
| Type | Day and Weekend |
|---|---|
| Location | Oxford |
| Address | Rewley House 1 Wellington Square Oxford OX1 2JA |
| Dates | Fri 8 to Sun 10 Feb 2013 |
| Subject area(s) | Archaeology |
| Fees | From £120.00 |
| Application status | Course ended |
| Course code | O12P184AHR |
| Course contact | If you have any questions about this course, please email ppdayweek@conted.ox.ac.uk. |
Overview
Early Medieval Defended Communities Across Europe: Fortified Settlements of the Eighth to Tenth Centuries ADWhile much archaeological and historical attention goes on the defence of the later Roman world and on the development of medieval castle, too often the intervening early medieval period is overlooked or misunderstood in terms of its settlements, populations and defence. Were defended communities typical in the early Middle Ages? How far was there a direct continuity from late Roman into early medieval in terms of hilltop villages and fortified sites? What new sites emerged and why? Who controlled these sites? How 'feudal' were the landscapes of 8th- to 10th-century Europe?
This weekend conference brings together a number of experts who have excavated or studied fortified sites in a variety of kingdoms, polities and regions. We aim to assess how developed our understanding of these sites is, how they were articulated and designed, their contents in terms of populations and structures, and their role in the landscape.
Programme details
FRIDAY 8 FEBRUARY 20136.15pm Registration (for those who have booked meals and or accommodation)
7.00pm Dinner
8.00pm Registration (for those who have booked as non-residential without meals)
8.15- The Irish Cashel: enclosed settlement, fortified settlement or settled fortification?
9.15pm Evidence from on-going excavations at Caherconnell, Co. Clare, Western Ireland
DR MICHELLE COMBER
SATURDAY 9 FEBRUARY 2013
8.15am Breakfast (residents only)
9.15am The early Medieval Irish rath, dϊn and crannog: social, ideological and defensive aspects of enclosure
DR AIDEN OSULLIVAN
10.15am Royal courts and defended settlements in early Medieval Wales
DR ANDREW SEAMAN
11.15am Coffee / tea
11.45am The 'royal' architecture of Pictland. New perspectives and new fieldwork on the hillforts, palisades and lowland settlements of Eastern and
Northern Scotland
DR GORDON NOBLE
12.45pm Lunch
2.00pm The resistance, rebellion and submission of urban communities: England and northern France from the ninth to eleventh centuries
DR RYAN LAVELLE
3.00pm Tea / coffee
3.30pm Wessex burhs: Wallingford in context
NEIL CHRISTIE
4.30pm Fortified settlements of the 9th and 10th centuries AD in central Europe
DR HAJNALKA HEROLD
5.30pm Break / free time
7.00pm Dinner
8.15- Monumental expression and fortification in Denmark at the time of King Harald Bluetooth
9.15pm DR ANNE PEDERSEN
SUNDAY 10 FEBRUARY 2013
8.15am Breakfast (residents only)
9.15am Fortified settlements of the 8th to 10th centuries AD: the case of Tuscany, Italy
MARCO VALENTI
10.15am Fortified settlements in the Byzantine south Balkans and Aegean, 8th to10th centuries: features and contexts
DR ARCHIE DUNN
11.15am Coffee / tea
11.45am Did the Vikings need walls? Charting settlement forms and space in north west Europe, AD 800-1100
DR DAVID GRIFFITHS
12.45pm Lunch and course disperses
Staff
Dr Neil Christie
Role: Director & Tutor
Reader in Archaeology, School of Archaeology and Ancient History, University of Leicester
Dr Hajnalka Herold
Role: Director & Tutor
Research Associate, Vienna Institute of Archaeological Science, University of Vienna, Austria
Dr Michelle Comber
Role: Speaker
Lecturer, Centre for Irish Studies, National University of Ireland, Galway
Dr Archie Dunn
Role: Speaker
Teaching Fellow in Byzantine Archaeology, University of Birmingham
Dr David Griffiths
Role: Speaker
Director of Studies in Archaeology, Oxford University Department for Continuing Education
Dr Ryan Lavelle
Role: Speaker
Senior Lecturer in Medieval History, Department of History, University of Winchester
Dr Gordon Noble
Role: Speaker
Lecturer in Archaeology, Department of Archaeology, University of Aberdeen
Dr Aidan O`Sullivan
Role: Speaker
Senior Lecturer, School of Archaeology, University College Dublin
Dr Anne Pedersen
Role: Speaker
Senior Researcher, Department for Danish Medieval and Renaissance, The National Museum of Denmark
Dr Andrew Seaman
Role: Speaker
Lecturer, Department of History and American Studies, University of Canterbury
Mr Marco Valenti
Role: Speaker
Associate Professor, Department of Archaeology and Art History, University of Siena, Italy
Accommodation
Accommodation for this weekend is at Rewley House for Friday and Saturday nights only.Depending on availability it may also be possible to extend your stay, please enquire at the time of booking for availability and prices.
All bedrooms are modern, comfortably furnished rooms, all with tea/coffee making facilities, TV, telephone and private bath or shower rooms.
If you wish to book a twin room (£46.00 per person per night), please send in your completed enrolment form or contact the Day & Weekend Events Office, Email: ppdayweek@conted.ox.ac.uk; Telephone: + 44 (0) 1865 270380 / 270368.
Fee options
- Programme Fee
- Tuition (includes coffee/tea): £120.00
- Accommodation
- Single B&B 2 nights: £129.00
- Catering
- Baguette (Sat & Sun): £6.50
- Dinners & Lunches (Full Meals): £56.00
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