Links between the Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms and Gaul in the 7th century AD

Principal investigator: Liam
Level: PhD level research

Project Title: The (re-)making of the North Sea world: politics, trade and long-distance interactions between Anglo-Saxon England and Merovingian Gaul in the 'long' seventh century

My project investigates interactions between Anglo-Saxon kingdoms and Gaul in the seventh century through three interlinked perspectives: political connections; trading networks and ecclesiastical ties. Most recent scholarship examines these regions separately, but my interdisciplinary and transnational approach will provide a richer interpretation of regional relationships in the early Middle Ages through a comparative analysis of textual sources, material culture and manuscript evidence from both regions. My project will re-evaluate our understanding of the importance of intercultural relationships to the formation and development of seventh-century kingdoms and culture, and investigate their wider significance in shaping and (re-)making the North-Sea World.

Supervisors:

Dr Helen Foxhall-Forbes, Department of History, Durham University

Dr Sarah Semple, Department of Archaeology, Durham University

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