From Roman civitas to Anglo-Saxon shire : topographical studies on the formation of Wessex /

This book is the culmination of the author's lifelong interest in the Roman to medieval transition in England and in the analysis of the historic landscape of Wessex. It begins with a focused, referenced, and critical exploration of the thorny, but crucial, issues of post-Roman personal and gro...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Eagles, Bruce N. (Autor)
Otros Autores: Ager, Barry (Contribuidor), Allen, Michael J. (Contribuidor), Faith, Rosamond, 1935- (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; Havertown, PA : Oxbow Books, 2018.
Edición:Digital edition.
Temas:
55 B.C.-1066 A.D.
Romans > England > Wessex.
Land settlement > England > Wessex.
Partition, Territorial.
Dismemberment of nations.
Romains > Angleterre > Wessex.
Colonisation intérieure > Angleterre > Wessex.
Démembrement des nations.
HISTORY > Ancient > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Archaeology.
Dismemberment of nations
Antiquities
Classical antiquities
Land settlement
Partition, Territorial
Romans
Wessex (England) > Antiquities.
Wessex (England) > Antiquities, Roman.
Great Britain > History > Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D.
Great Britain > History > Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066.
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 55 av. J.-C.-449 (Période romaine)
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 449-1066 (Période anglo-saxonne)
England > Wessex
Great Britain
History
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Dedication; Book Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Plates; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The boundaries of the Roman civitates of central southern Britain: some possibilities; 2. Wessex in the later fourth and fifth centuries, with an appended, numbered, gazetteer of sites datable to the fifth century; 3. The archaeological evidence for settlement in 'Berkshire' and 'Hampshire' in the sixth and seventh centuries
  • 4. A mid-fifth- to mid-sixth-century bridle-fitting of Mediterranean origin from Breamore, Hampshire, with a discussion of its local context: with Barry Ager: (updated from Eagles and Ager 2004)5. A reconsideration of East Wansdyke; its construction and date
  • a preliminary note: with Michael J. Allen: (Eagles and Allen 2011); 6. Anglo-Saxon presence and culture in Wiltshire c. AD 410-c. AD 700: (updated and edited from Eagles 2001); Plate section; 7. Britons and Saxons (AD 410-c. AD 800) in the Avebury area: (Eagles 2016); 8. The Jutes in Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight
  • 9. The Saxon settlement and takeover of Dorset and the conquest of Somerset; 10. Augustine's Oak: (updated and edited from Medieval Archaeology 47 (2003), 176-8); 11. The area around Bedwyn in the Anglo-Saxon period: (revised version of Eagles 1997); 12. 'Small shires' and regiones in Hampshire and the formation of the shires of eastern Wessex: with a contribution from Rosamond Faith: (reproduced from Eagles 2015); 13. Conclusion; Bibliography

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