Overview

Fifteen papers examine a variety of aspects of medieval towns and their topography. The first part of the volume comprises essays on the excavations in the Frankish emporium of Quentovic, directed by David Hill; London; Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Scandinavian mints; the burhs of Somerset; and urban perspectives in literature. The second part concentrates on topographical subjects including an examination of the significance of the distribution through trade of Mayen Lava quernstones in early medieval north-west Europe and the evidence of a charter for the topography of late Anglo-Saxon Worcester which reveals that standing crosses were, by then, considered old fashioned. Other papers consider landscape through place-name studies; long term archaeology projects in The Vale of Pickering, Yorkshire, and western Cheshire; medieval dykes; land holdings needed supporting the monasteries of Jarrow and Monkwearmouth; and aspects of mapping and the understanding of geographical space from Anglo-Saxon times and in the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries. The papers are preceded by a tribute to archaeologist and historian David Hill, and a bibliography of his publications.

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Author:   Gale R. Owen-Crocker ,  Susan D. Thompson
Publisher:   Oxbow Books
Imprint:   Oxbow Books
Dimensions:   Width: 21.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 28.00cm
Weight:   0.998kg
ISBN:  

9781782977025

ISBN 10:   1782977023
Pages:   196
Publication Date:   27 October 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface Part one: David Hill David Henry Hill, Nicholas J. Higham The published work of David Hill, Compiled by Margaret Worthington Hill and edited by Gale R. Owen-Crocker with the Assistance of Celeste Andrews Part two: towns Quentovic, Margaret Worthington Hill Putting lava on the map, Jonathan Parkhouse Hemming's crosses, Michael Hare Control of London in the seventh century, Damian Tyler London: acrchaeological evidence for the events of 886 and its aftermath, David Beard The Late Saxon Burhs of Somerset- a review, Jeremy Haslam The mints of Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Scandinavian England , 871-1066, Martin Allen 'Sudden wonder': urban perspectives in late Anglo-Saxon literature, Mark Atherton Part three: topography Bursting the bounds of the Danelaw, Gillian Fellows-Jensen A hill by any other name': onomastic alternatives in the Anglo-Saxon bounds of Taunton, Somerset, Alexander R. Rumble The early medieval dykes of Britain, Erik Grigg Reflections upon the Anglo-Saxon Landscape and Settlement of the Vale of Pickering, Yorkshire, Dominic Powlesland 'Ploughing old furrows afresh'- the importance of the practical in the study of the Anglo-Saxon world, Christopher Grocock The Late Anglo-Saxon landscape of western Cheshire: open field, ploughs and the manor within the dykes, N. J. Higham Mapping Late Anglo-Saxon manuscripts and documents, Donald Scragg Mapping the Anglo-Saxon past, Simon Keynes Bibliography Index of persons and places Index of manuscripts

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This handsomely presented new edited collection of essays is a tribute to the late David Hill, the Anglo-Saxon archaeologist celebrated for his excavations and writing on early medieval towns, for his great Atlas of Anglo-Saxon England and for his fieldwork on the dykes of the Welsh Marches. Eighteen varied papers highlight the fruitfulness of dialogue between archaeology and documentary history and supply a rich mix of new data and thinking on burhs, towns, trade, and mints; on territoriality, boundaries, and the linear earthworks of early medieval kingdoms; and on Anglo-Saxon agriculture, fields, settlements, and landscape.--Oliver Creighton, University of Exeter The Medieval Review, 16.02.33

Author Information

Gale R. Owen-Crocker is Professor Emerita of The University of Manchester, UK. She has published extensively on early medieval culture, especially dress and textiles. Susan D. Thompson is a former research fellow of the Manchester Centre for Anglo-Saxon Studies.

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