An exploration of the landscape of Anglo-Saxon England, particularly through the prism of place-names and what they can reveal. The landscape of modern England still bears the imprint of its Anglo-Saxon past. Villages and towns, fields, woods and forests, parishes and shires, all shed light on the enduring impact of the Anglo-Saxons. The essays in this volume explore the richness of the interactions between the Anglo-Saxons and their landscape: how they understood, described, and exploited the environments of which they were a part. Ranging from the earliest settlement period through to the urban expansion of late Anglo-Saxon England, this book draws on evidence from place-names, written sources, and the landscape itself to provide fresh insights into the topic. Subjects explored include the history of thestudy of place-names and the Anglo-Saxon landscape; landscapes of particular regions and the exploitation of particular landscape types; the mechanisms of the transmission and survival of written sources; and the problems and potentials of interdisciplinary research into the Anglo-Saxon landscape. Nicholas J. Higham is Professor of Early Medieval and Landscape History at the University of Manchester; Martin Ryan lectures in Medieval History at the University of Manchester. Contributors: Ann Cole, Linda M. Corrigan, Dorn Van Dommelen, Simon Draper, Gillian Fellows-Jensen, Della Hooke, Duncan Probert, Alexander R. Rumble, Martin J. Ryan, Peter A. Stokes, Richard Watson.
Les mer
An exploration of the landscape of Anglo-Saxon England, particularly through the prism of place-names and what they can reveal.
Place-Names, Language and the Anglo-Saxon Landscape: An Introduction - Martin J. Ryan The Landscape of Place-Name Studies - Alexander R. Rumble Place-Names as Travellers' Landmarks - Ann Cole Light thrown by Scandinavian Place-Names on the Anglo-Saxon Landscape - Gillian Fellows-Jensen Language and the Anglo-Saxon Landscape: Towards an Archaeological Interpretation of Place-Names in Wiltshire - Simon Draper Hunting the Vikings in South Cumbria from Ambleside to Haverbrack - Linda M. Corrigan Viking-Age Amounderness: A Reconsideration - Richard Watson The Woodland Landscape of Early Medieval England - Della Hooke The Pre-Conquest Lands and Parish of Crediton Minster, Devon - Duncan Probert Rewriting the Bounds: Pershore's Powick and Leigh - Peter A. Stokes That 'Dreary Old Question': The Hide in Early Anglo-Saxon England - Martin J. Ryan Boroughs and Socio-Political Reconstruction in Late Anglo-Saxon England - Dorn Van Dommelen
Les mer
This volume's strength is in solid empirical research into how early medieval landscape was settled, organised and exploited.

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781843836032
Publisert
2011
Utgiver
Vendor
The Boydell Press
Vekt
1 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
UP, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
258