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St Peter-on-the-Wall explore the Essex chapel from a variety of disciplines to uncover the pre-modern contexts and modern resonances of this medieval building and its landscape setting.

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'Dale has expertly marshalled a series of expert contributors to what is an attractive, wideranging and hugely informative volume. The chapter by Kevin Bruce and Christopher Thornton (Ch. 7) does a thorough job in charting the missing medieval centuries, exploring evolving lands, owners, farms and fisheries, to which St Peter-on-the-Wall will have been a quiet, neglected witness.' Medieval Settlement Research (MSR) 'A major contribution to the historical record, and is beautifully edited, and handsomely produced. It would be great to see this book in every public library in Essex, so if you live near one do order it for their shelves.' The New English Landscape

'Without doubt, Johanna Dale and her contributors have amply succeeded in demonstrating the history of St Peter's chapel and its surrounding landscape and have hinted at possible environmental threats should Bradwell B be constructed in the years ahead.' Landscape History 'Dale has expertly marshalled a series of expert contributors to what is an attractive, wideranging and hugely informative volume. The chapter by Kevin Bruce and Christopher Thornton (Ch. 7) does a thorough job in charting the missing medieval centuries, exploring evolving lands, owners, farms and fisheries, to which St Peter-on-the-Wall will have been a quiet, neglected witness.' Medieval Settlement Research (MSR) 'A major contribution to the historical record, and is beautifully edited, and handsomely produced. It would be great to see this book in every public library in Essex, so if you live near one do order it for their shelves.' The New English Landscape

'A major contribution to the historical record, and is beautifully edited, and handsomely produced. It would be great to see this book in every public library in Essex, so if you live near one do order it for their shelves.' The New English Landscape

'This rich interdisciplinary volume considers the longue duree landscape of the Dengie Peninsula, Essex... Through a close and fruitful reading of the primary sources, Barbara Yorke revisits the social, political and religious circumstances of its foundation, while David Andrews' careful analysis of the building itself distinguishes its original features from the later effects of deconstruction and reconstruction.' Medieval Archaeology 'Without doubt, Johanna Dale and her contributors have amply succeeded in demonstrating the history of St Peter's chapel and its surrounding landscape and have hinted at possible environmental threats should Bradwell B be constructed in the years ahead.' Landscape History 'Dale has expertly marshalled a series of expert contributors to what is an attractive, wideranging and hugely informative volume. The chapter by Kevin Bruce and Christopher Thornton (Ch. 7) does a thorough job in charting the missing medieval centuries, exploring evolving lands, owners, farms and fisheries, to which St Peter-on-the-Wall will have been a quiet, neglected witness.' Medieval Settlement Research (MSR) 'A major contribution to the historical record, and is beautifully edited, and handsomely produced. It would be great to see this book in every public library in Essex, so if you live near one do order it for their shelves.' The New English Landscape

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Johanna Dale is Research Fellow in the Department of History at UCL, where she previously held a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship. Her research is focused on the political and cultural history of the medieval period and her first book, Inauguration and Liturgical Kingship in the Long Twelfth Century, was shortlisted for the Royal Historical Society’s Whitfield Prize in 2020. As a resident of Essex, she has a long-standing interest in the medieval heritage of the county.

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