Northwest Europe in the Early Middle Ages, c.AD 600–1150

Part I. Context: 1. Introduction; 2. The social fabric of Northwest Europe, AD 600–1150: paradigms and perspectives; Part II. The Age of the Carolingians, c.AD 600–900: 3. Small farming communities of West Francia, AD 600–900; 4. Larger farming communities, specialist producers and collectors in West Francia, AD 600–900; 5. Farming communities of Anglo-Saxon England and the Atlantic fringes, AD 600–900; 6. Expressions of leadership and models for emulation, AD 500–900; 7. Conspicuous consumption and secular authority in the landscape, AD 650–900; 8. Diocesan towns, AD 600–900; 9. Ports and maritime-oriented societies, AD 600–900; Part III. From the Viking Age to Angevin Hegemony: 10. Transformations in architectures and settings of public power, AD 900–1150; 11. The rural world, AD 900–1150: lifestyles of old and new aristocracies; 12. The rural world, AD 900–1150: social mobility, landscape reorganisation and colonization; 13. Major ports and merchant patricians as catalysts for social change, AD 900–1100; 14. Towns as regional centres and urban diversity, AD 900–1150; 15. Final conclusions.