This book examines why trading emporia emerged in early Medieval Northern Europe. It demonstrates that the history of emporia is closely linked to the expansion of maritime trade, colonization, piracy, and warfare - the basis for what we know today as the Viking Age.
This book examines why trading emporia emerged in early Medieval Northern Europe. It demonstrates that the history of emporia is closely linked to the expansion of maritime trade, colonization, piracy, and warfare - the basis for what we know today as the Viking Age.