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Thorps in a changing landscape /

Considering the minor settlements of England's Danelaw, villages known as thorps or throps, this history demonstrates how place-name evidence can be used to understand early cultures. By integrating linguistic and archaeological approaches, it establishes a compelling connection between the cre...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cullen, Paul
Otros Autores: Jones, Richard, 1969-, Parsons, David N., 1966-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hatfield, Hertfordshire : University of Hertfordshire Press, 2011.
Colección:Explorations in local and regional history ; v. 4.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Figures; Tables; Abbreviations; Series Editors' Preface; Preface and Acknowledgements; 1: Introducing thorps; 2: Establishing the corpus; 3: Danelaw thorps; 4: English throps; 5: Thorps: the archaeological evidence; 6: Thorps in the landscape; 7: Thorps: a hypothesis and its wider implications; Appendix 1: Throp in Anglo-Saxon glosses; Appendix 2: Thorps first recorded before 1300 AD; Bibliography; Index.