Viking-Age Trade: Silver, Slaves and Gotland - Paperback

by Jacek Gruszczyński (Editor), Marek Jankowiak (Editor), Jonathan Shepard (Editor)

This volume highlights the trade in slaves during the ninth and tenth centuries as driving exchanges on a trans-continental scale. A combination of general surveys and regional case-studies sets Gotland and the early medieval slave trade in a firmer framework than has been available before.

Author Biography

Jacek Gruszczyński was a Research Associate at the Khalili Research Centre, University of Oxford and now works as an archaeology and heritage consultant.

Marek Jankowiak is Associate Professor of Byzantine History at the University of Oxford.

Jonathan Shepard was University Lecturer in Russian History at the University of Cambridge.