'Bright Lights of the Dark Ages' is a stunning survey of magnificent early Medieval art objects. Many were found in burial mounds, interred as status symbols with their owners in the new barbarian kingdoms that developed in Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire. It features over two hundred extremely rare gold and precious stonework objects, dating from the second to tenth centuries AD that reveal the dramatic and surprising relationship between the so-called Dark Ages and later medieval art. Illustrated highlights include Gothic and Visigothic imperial style brooches from modern-day Slovakia and Crimea and enamelled domed brooches and buckles from Northern Europe and Britain. AUTHOR: Dr. Noel Adams has been a Special Assistant in the Department of Prehistory and Europe at the British Museum since 1991. She publishes widely on material culture of the first millennium AD, and has co-edited and contributed papers to the British Museum Research Publication series. Dr Adams has organized exhibitions at the National Trust Visitor Centre at Sutton Hoo, the British Museum and the Morgan Library and Museum in New York. 210 colour illustrations
