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The Tribal Hidage, attributed to the 7th century, records the named
groups and polities of early Anglo-Saxon England and the taxation
tribute due from their lands and surpluses. Whilst providing some
indication of relative wealth and its distribution, rather little
can be deduced from the Hidage concerning the underlying economic
and social realities of the communities documented. Sue Harrington
and the late Martin Welch have adopted a new approach to these
issues, based on archaeological information from 12,000 burials and
28,000 objects of the period AD 450-650. The nature, distribution
and spatial relationships of settlement and burial evidence are
examined over time against a background of the productive
capabilities of the environment in which they are set, the
availability of raw materials, evidence for metalworking and other
industrial/craft activities, and communication and trade routes.
This has enabled the identification of central areas of wealth that
influenced places around them. Key within this period was the
influence of the Franks who may have driven economic exploitation
by building on the pre-existing Roman infrastructure of the
south-east. Frankish material culture was as widespread as that of
the Kentish people, whose wealth is evident in many well-furnished
graves, but more nuanced approaches to wealth distribution are
apparent further to the West, perhaps due to ongoing interaction
with communities who maintained an essentially 'Romano-British' way
of life.
The Tribal Hidage, attributed to the 7th century, records the named
groups and polities of early Anglo-Saxon England and the taxation
tribute due from their lands and surpluses. Whilst providing some
indication of relative wealth and its distribution, rather little
can be deduced from the Hidage concerning the underlying economic
and social realities of the communities documented. Sue Harrington
and the late Martin Welch have adopted a new approach to these
issues, based on archaeological information from 12,000 burials and
28,000 objects of the period AD 450-650. The nature, distribution
and spatial relationships of settlement and burial evidence are
examined over time against a background of the productive
capabilities of the environment in which they are set, the
availability of raw materials, evidence for metalworking and other
industrial/craft activities, and communication and trade routes.
This has enabled the identification of central areas of wealth that
influenced places around them. Key within this period was the
influence of the Franks who may have driven economic exploitation
by building on the pre-existing Roman infrastructure of the
south-east. Frankish material culture was as widespread as that of
the Kentish people, whose wealth is evident in many well-furnished
graves, but more nuanced approaches to wealth distribution are
apparent further to the West, perhaps due to ongoing interaction
with communities who maintained an essentially 'Romano-British' way
of life.
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