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Notker
(the Stammerer)
[Na].
(the Stammerer)
[Na].
Author of a credulous treatise about Charlemagne , identified as a monk of St Gall, Switzerland, born
c.
ad 840, who was writing in the 880s and died
c.
ad 912.
c.
ad 840, who was writing in the 880s and died
c.
ad 912.
Novantae
[CP].
[CP].
Late Iron Age tribe occupying southwestern Scotland at the time of the Roman conquest.
Novgorod, Russia
[Si].
[Si].
An ancient city situated on the River Valhow about 160km south of St Petersburg. Excavations have been carried out in the town since the first systematic work by Artemi Artsikhovsky in 1932, and have uncovered a remarkable series of deposits which preserve in waterlogged conditions a sequence of wooden buildings and streets from the 10th century
ad
up to the 18th century. The site was first occupied in the 9th century when it developed as a trading post. The kremlin was established in the 11th century and is one of the earliest to have stone defences. By the 14th century it had come to control a vast territory extending from the Arctic Ocean to beyond the Ural Mountains. In addition to the well-preserved buildings and structures, excavations have revealed a wealth of unusual material including industrial areas for the manufacture of textiles, bone objects, leatherwork, and glass working. A collection of more than 700 letters written on birch bark between the 11th and 15th centuries have been found and provide a valuable insight into the life of this trading city and the administration of its hinterland.
[Rep.: M. Brisbane (ed.), 1992,
The archaeology of Novgorod, Russia
. Lincoln: Society for Medieval Archaeology]
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up to the 18th century. The site was first occupied in the 9th century when it developed as a trading post. The kremlin was established in the 11th century and is one of the earliest to have stone defences. By the 14th century it had come to control a vast territory extending from the Arctic Ocean to beyond the Ural Mountains. In addition to the well-preserved buildings and structures, excavations have revealed a wealth of unusual material including industrial areas for the manufacture of textiles, bone objects, leatherwork, and glass working. A collection of more than 700 letters written on birch bark between the 11th and 15th centuries have been found and provide a valuable insight into the life of this trading city and the administration of its hinterland.
[Rep.: M. Brisbane (ed.), 1992,
The archaeology of Novgorod, Russia
. Lincoln: Society for Medieval Archaeology]
nuclear family
[De].
[De].
A family group consisting of wife, husband (or one of these) and dependent children.
Nueva Esperanza Phase
[CP].
[CP].
South American farming cultures found in the Rio Ucayali area of Amazonia and tentatively dated to
c.
ad 700–900. Characterized by their ceramic assemblages which belong to the Polychrome Horizon Style of Amazonia.
c.
ad 700–900. Characterized by their ceramic assemblages which belong to the Polychrome Horizon Style of Amazonia.
numerus
[De].
[De].
A Latin term for a body of troops, a unit of lower grade than
auxilia
.
auxilia
.
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