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Neighbours and strangers: local societies in early medieval Europe

Neighbours and strangers: local societies in early medieval Europe ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL BOOK REVIEW Neighbours and strangers: local societies in early medieval Europe, by Bernhard Zeller, Charles West, Francesca Tinti, Marco Stoffella, Nicolas Schroeder, Carine van Rhijn, Steffen Patzold, Thomas Kohl, Wendy Davies and Miriam Czock, Manchester, Manchester University Press, Manchester Medieval Series, 2020, 304 pp., £85.00 (Hardback), ISBN 978-1-5261-3981-8 ‘Neighbours and Strangers: Local societies in early medieval Europe’, is a ground- breaking work, co-authored by ten authors, hailing from eight different countries, all of whom are renowned academic experts in early medieval rural societies. It is some- what surprising that while every one of the ten authors has contributed to each of the eight chapters of the book, and that France is fully considered throughout the text (e.g. in Chapter 4, collective legal action in Francia is focused upon), France (Francia) is in fact under-represented by the lack of a resident expert author amongst the authorship team. Nevertheless, the book successfully and succinctly focuses on the interactions, intercon- nections, and networks of people who lived side-by-side – i.e. neighbours – and the impact that strangers had on them. It discusses material dimensions, such as settlement, topogra- phy, and the appropriation of resources, as well as fundamental factors that http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archaeological Journal Taylor & Francis

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Archaeological Journal , Volume 180 (2): 3 – Jan 1, 2
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Taylor & Francis
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© 2023 Rachel E. Swallow
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2373-2288
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0066-5983
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10.1080/00665983.2023.2204703
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ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL BOOK REVIEW Neighbours and strangers: local societies in early medieval Europe, by Bernhard Zeller, Charles West, Francesca Tinti, Marco Stoffella, Nicolas Schroeder, Carine van Rhijn, Steffen Patzold, Thomas Kohl, Wendy Davies and Miriam Czock, Manchester, Manchester University Press, Manchester Medieval Series, 2020, 304 pp., £85.00 (Hardback), ISBN 978-1-5261-3981-8 ‘Neighbours and Strangers: Local societies in early medieval Europe’, is a ground- breaking work, co-authored by ten authors, hailing from eight different countries, all of whom are renowned academic experts in early medieval rural societies. It is some- what surprising that while every one of the ten authors has contributed to each of the eight chapters of the book, and that France is fully considered throughout the text (e.g. in Chapter 4, collective legal action in Francia is focused upon), France (Francia) is in fact under-represented by the lack of a resident expert author amongst the authorship team. Nevertheless, the book successfully and succinctly focuses on the interactions, intercon- nections, and networks of people who lived side-by-side – i.e. neighbours – and the impact that strangers had on them. It discusses material dimensions, such as settlement, topogra- phy, and the appropriation of resources, as well as fundamental factors that

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