Village, Hamlet and Field
Changing Medieval Settlements in Central England
Windgather Press
Published on 29. June 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
265 pages
978-0-9538630-3-7 (ISBN)
Description
'...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
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Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Macclesfield
United Kingdom
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
44 figs
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 185 mm
Weight
500 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-9538630-3-7 (9780953863037)
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Persons
Carenza Lewis is a Visiting Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and a Presenter of Time Team. Patrick Mitchell-Fox was formerly a Research Fellow in the School of History, University of Birmingham. Christopher Dyer is Professor of Medieval Social History, University of Birming
Content
Foreword to the paperback edition. The study of villages and Landscapes in Medieval England. The East Midland Countics. Settlement from Prehistory until the Norman Conquest. Rural Settlement, 1066-1500; Historical Evidence; Explaining Settlement Form. The Evolution of Rural Settlement. In