The open fields of England /

'The Open Fields of England' describes the open-field system of agriculture that operated in medieval England before the establishment of present-day farms surrounded by hedges or walls.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hall, David, 1938 September 3-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2014]
Colección:Medieval history and archaeology.
Temas:
To 1500
Land use > England > History > To 1500.
Agriculture > England > History > To 1500.
Agriculture > Angleterre > Histoire > Jusqu'à 1500.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
Agriculture
Land use
England
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History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • THE OPEN FIELDS OF ENGLAND
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • List of Plates
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Preface and Acknowledgements
  • Introduction: medieval fields and the landscape
  • 1: Townships and land-use
  • A. TOWNSHIP AND SETTLEMENT
  • B. CONTRASTING SETTLEMENT AND FIELD TYPES
  • Land-use in townships with a single settlement
  • Land-use and complex dispersed settlement
  • C. LAND-USE AND MANAGEMENT OF MEADOWS AND PASTURE WITHIN TOWNSHIPS
  • Meadow
  • Pasture in townships with little or no meadow land
  • ""Pasture and leys in the Central Region""""Balks, green furrows, and rick-places""; ""D. GREENS AND DROVES IN THE EASTERN AND WESTERN REGIONS""; ""Extensive pastures""; ""â€?Commonsâ€?""; ""2: Field-system types: extensive fields of the Central Region""; ""A. THE MIDLANDS""; ""Two and three regular fields""; ""Changes from two to three fields""; ""Four regular fields""; ""Multiple fields in the Central Region""; ""B. YORKSHIRE PLANNED FIELDS""; ""C. CENTRAL REGION FIELD SYSTEMS INCORPORATING SHEEPFOLDING""; ""Folds and sheep in the East Midlands""
  • ""3: Field-system types in the Eastern and Western Regions""""A. KENT""; ""B. EAST ANGLIA""; ""Sheepfolding in East Anglia""; ""C. THE WASH SILT FENLANDS""; ""D. SYSTEMS WITH ONE OPEN FIELD""; ""E. CONVERTIBLE HUSBANDRY AND INFIELDâ€?OUTFIELD""; ""4: Open-field structure and management""; ""A. THE DEMESNE""; ""Dispersed demesne""; ""Compact demesne""; ""B. OPEN-FIELD LANDHOLDINGS: YARDLANDS, OXGANGS, AND UNDISPERSED HOLDINGS""; ""The Eastern and Western Regions""; ""Undispersed yardlands and hides""; ""C. TENURIAL ARRANGEMENTS IN THE FIELDS""; ""Field book tenurial analysis""
  • D. FIELD REGULATIONS AND FARMING METHODS5: Early evidence for settlement and fields
  • A. ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE RELATING TO SAXON-PERIOD SETTLEMENTS AND FIELDS
  • Alluvium and pollen
  • Open-field furlongs
  • Reconstructed maps: mapping using field books and terriers
  • B. ANTECEDENTS OF MEDIEVAL FIELDS
  • Archaeological evidence: ancient fields and cropmarks
  • Present-day field patterns
  • C. INTERMIXED STRIP HOLDINGS
  • The evidence of late Anglo-Saxon charters
  • 6: Open-field beginnings
  • A. PREVIOUS THEORIES ABOUT THE FORMATION OF INTERMIXED FIELDS
  • B. OPEN-FIELD BEGINNINGS AND DEVELOPMENTFields of the Eastern and Western Regions
  • Field systems of the Central Region
  • The evidence of Domesday relating to the extent of arable land
  • C. SUMMARY AND FUTURE RESEARCH
  • Fields of the Eastern and Western Regions
  • The Central Region
  • Gazetteer of field systems
  • 1. BEDFORDSHIRE
  • Field numbers
  • Work-service
  • Assarts
  • Ridge and furrow
  • References
  • Acknowledgements
  • 2. BERKSHIRE
  • Irregular fields
  • Farming
  • Ridge and furrow
  • Bibliography
  • Acknowledgements

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