Rural Settlements and Society in Anglo-Saxon England

Rural Settlements and Society in Anglo-Saxon England
Author: Helena Hamerow
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 207
Release: 2012-07-05
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0199203253

The first major synthesis of the evidence for Anglo-Saxon settlements from across England and throughout the Anglo-Saxon period, and a study of what it reveals about the communities who built and lived in them.

Medieval Rural Settlement

Medieval Rural Settlement
Author: Hajnalka Herold
Publisher: Windgather Press
Total Pages:
Release: 2021-02-15
Genre:
ISBN: 9781911188674

Medieval Rural Settlement: Britain and Ireland, AD 800-1600 is a major assessment and review of the origins, forms and evolutions of medieval rural settlement in Britain and Ireland across the period c. AD 800-1600. It offers a comprehensive analysis of early to late medieval settlement, land use, economics and population, bringing together evidence drawn from archaeological excavations and surveys, historical geographical analysis and documentary and place-name study. It is intended to be the flagship publication of the Medieval Settlement Research Group (MSRG) which has a long and distinguished history of exploring, debating and promoting research and offers systematic appraisal of 60 years' work across the whole field of medieval settlement, designed to inspire the next generation of researchers. Part I comprises a set of papers exploring the history of medieval rural settlement research in Britain and Ireland, the evolving methodologies, the roots of the medieval landscape and the place of power in these settlements and landscapes. Part II presents an extensive series of regional and national reviews detailing contexts, histories of study, forms, evolutions and future research needs. These extensive contributions also include "feature boxes" on key themes, sites to visit and main excavations in the study areas discussed. A final section provides guidance on how to research and study medieval rural sites - from laptop to test-pit. Extensively illustrated in colour and black and white, and written by expert contributors, the volume includes a comprehensive, integrated bibliography and an index. Medieval Rural Settlement: Britain and Ireland, AD 800-1600 will be essential reading for everyone researching and interested in medieval settlements and the medieval rural landscape.

Settlement Change Across Medieval Europe

Settlement Change Across Medieval Europe
Author: Niall Brady
Publisher: Ruralia
Total Pages: 350
Release: 2019-09-09
Genre: History
ISBN: 9789088908064

Innovations, transmissions and transformations had profound spatial, economic and social impacts on the environments, landscapes and habitats evident at micro- and macro-levels. This volume explores how these changes affected how land was worked, how it was organized, and the nature of buildings and rural complexes.

Early Medieval Settlements

Early Medieval Settlements
Author: Helena Hamerow
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2004
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0199273189

This is an overview and synthesis of the extensive and rapidly growing body of archaeological evidence for early medieval buildings, settlements, farming, craft production, and trade among the rural communities of north-west Europe.

The Medieval English Landscape, 1000-1540

The Medieval English Landscape, 1000-1540
Author: Graeme J. White
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 294
Release: 2012-09-06
Genre: History
ISBN: 1441163085

The landscape of medieval England was the product of a multitude of hands. While the power to shape the landscape inevitably lay with the Crown, the nobility and the religious houses, this study also highlights the contribution of the peasantry in the layout of rural settlements and ridge-and-furrow field works, and the funding of parish churches by ordinary townsfolk. The importance of population trends is emphasised as a major factor in shaping the medieval landscape: the rising curve of the eleventh to thirteenth centuries imposing growing pressures on resources, and the devastating impact of the Black Death leading to radical decline in the fourteenth century. Opening with a broad-ranging analysis of political and economic trends in medieval England, the book progresses thematically to assess the impact of farming, rural settlement, towns, the Church, and fortification using many original case studies. The concluding chapter charts the end of the medieval landscape with the dissolution of the monasteries, the replacement of castles by country houses, the ongoing enclosure of fields, and the growth of towns.

Vandals to Visigoths

Vandals to Visigoths
Author: Karen Eva Carr
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2002
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780472108916

Sheds light on settlement patterns in early medieval Spain and demonstrates the local effect of the collapse of Roman Government

Everyday Life in Medieval England

Everyday Life in Medieval England
Author: Christopher Dyer
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2001-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 0826419828

Everyday Life in Medieval England captures the day-to-day experience of people in the middle ages - the houses and settlements in which they lived, the food they ate, their getting and spending - and their social relationships. The picture that emerges is of great variety, of constant change, of movement and of enterprise. Many people were downtrodden and miserably poor, but they struggled against their circumstances, resisting oppressive authorities, to build their own way of life and to improve their material conditions. The ordinary men and women of the middle ages appear throughout. Everyday life in Medieval England is an outstanding contribution to both national and local history.

Village, Hamlet and Field

Village, Hamlet and Field
Author: Carenza Lewis
Publisher: Windgather Press
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2001
Genre: History
ISBN:

'...lays the basis for a fundamental change of approach in settlement studies' Medieval Archaeology The authors of this book address a questions that has fascinated and perplexed landscape historians: when and why did nucleated villages and common field systems appea '...lays the basis for a fundamental change of approach in settlement studies' Medieval Archaeology The authors of this book address a questions that has fascinated and perplexed landscape historians: when and why did nucleated villages and common field systems appear? They argue, controversially, that their origins lay in the period 850 to 120