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Author:   Neil Christie ,  Paul Stamper
Publisher:   Windgather Press
Imprint:   Windgather Press
Dimensions:   Width: 18.80cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 24.90cm
Weight:   1.361kg
ISBN:  

9781905119424

ISBN 10:   1905119429
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   03 December 2011
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

Foreword (Chris Taylor) Part I: Contexts, Chronologies and Forms 1. Introduction: Medieval Rural Settlement Research: Emergence, Examination and Engagement (Mark Gardiner, Neil Christie and Paul Stamper) 2. The Development of the Study of Medieval Settlements, 1880-2010 (Chris Dyer and Paul Everson) 3. Methodological Approaches to Medieval Rural Settlements and Landscapes (Richard Jones and Della Hooke) 4. The Prehistory of Medieval Farms and Villages: From Saxons to Scandinavians (Gabor Thomas) 5. Seigneurial and Elite Sites in the Medieval Landscape (Oliver Creighton and Terry Barry) 6. Town and Countryside: Relationships and Resemblances (Chris Dyer and Keith Lilley) Part II: Regional and National Surveys 7. South-East England: Forms and Diversity in Medieval Rural Settlement (Mark Gardiner) 8. Central Southern England: 'Chalk and Cheese' (David A. Hinton) 9. South-West England: Rural Settlements in the Middle Ages (Sam Turner and Rob Wilson-North) 10. Wales: Medieval Settlements, Nucleated and Dispersed, Permanent and Seasonal (Bob Silvester and Jonathan Kissock) 11. Ireland: Medieval Identity, Settlement and Land Use (Audrey Horning) 12. The Midlands: Medieval Settlements and Landscapes (Richard Jones and Carenza Lewis) 13. Cambridgeshire and the Peat Fen: Medieval Rural Settlement and Commerce, c. AD 900-1300 (Susan Oosthuizen) 14. Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex - Medieval Rural Settlement in 'Greater East Anglia' (Edward Martin) 15. Northern England: Exploring the Character of Medieval Rural Settlements (Stuart Wrathmell with Rob Young) 16. Scotland's Medieval Countryside: Evidence, Interpretation, Perception (Chris Dalglish) Part III: Appendix - Research Methods 17. Investigating Medieval Rural Settlements (Carenza Lewis)

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...a fascinating account of the different ways in which we interpret landscapes today, a snapshot of the state of the discipline, as appropriately varied and different as are the settlements and landscapes of Orkney, Kells, the Fens, the Midlands, the northern uplands and the southern downs studied in the book. * SALON - The Society of Antiquaries Online Newsletter * This excellent book provides a pragmatic background to medieval settlement studies and plenty of scope for regional research frameworks into the future. * Archaeology Ireland *

...a fascinating account of the different ways in which we interpret landscapes today, a snapshot of the state of the discipline, as appropriately varied and different as are the settlements and landscapes of Orkney, Kells, the Fens, the Midlands, the northern uplands and the southern downs studied in the book.' SALON - The Society of Antiquaries Online Newsletter No. 269, 16 January 2012 This excellent book provides a pragmatic background to medieval settlement studies and plenty of scope for regional research frameworks into the future' Archaeology Ireland Spring 2012

...a fascinating account of the different ways in which we interpret landscapes today, a snapshot of the state of the discipline, as appropriately varied and different as are the settlements and landscapes of Orkney, Kells, the Fens, the Midlands, the northern uplands and the southern downs studied in the book.' Salon, 269 16 January 2012 This excellent book provides a pragmatic background to medieval settlement studies and plenty of scope for regional research frameworks into the future' Archaeology Ireland Spring 2012

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Neil Christie is Professor of Medieval Archaeology in the School of Archaeology & Ancient History at the University of Leicester. He is author and editor of a number of books centred especially on late Roman to early medieval Mediterranean Europe, covering themes such as urban and rural change and defence.

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