Maritime and River Traders, Landing Places, and Emporia Ports in the Merovingian Period in and Around the Low Countries Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The origin, rise, and dynamics of coastal trade and landing places in the North Sea area between the sixth and eighth centuries must be understood in relation to how coastal regions and seascapes acted as arenas of contact, dialogue, and transition. Although the free coastal societies of the early medieval period were involved in regional to interregional or long-distance trade networks, their economic agency must be understood from a bottom-up ...