Routledge Archaeologies of the Viking Wo Monarchs and Hydrarchs: The Conceptual Development of Viking Activity across the Frankish Realm (c. 750-940), (Paperback)

Set against a backdrop of continuous commerce and knowledge exchange, this volume demonstrates the existence of a relatively uniform, sequential framework of wealth extraction, encampment, and political engagement, within which Scandinavian fleets operated as adaptable, ambulant polities - or 'hydrarchies'.