Building Anglo-Saxon England /
A radical rethinking of the Anglo-Saxon world that draws on the latest archaeological discoveriesThis beautifully illustrated book draws on the latest archaeological discoveries to present a radical reappraisal of the Anglo-Saxon built environment and its inhabitants. John Blair, one of the world...
Autor principal: | |
---|---|
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Princeton, NJ :
Princeton University Press,
[2018]
|
Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
|
Temas: | |
Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Exploring Anglo-Saxon landscapes
- Defining Anglo-Saxon landscapes
- Landscapes of the mind: the built environment in the Anglo-Saxon consciousness
- Landscapes of power and wealth
- The construction of settlement: rural and commercial spaces
- Landscape organisation and economy in the Mercian Age
- Defence, industry, and commerce: from central clusters to complex centres
- Rural settlements and the 'Making of the English village'
- Growth and reconstruction: the human landscape remodelled
- Free farmers and emergent lords: towards the manorial landscape
- The eleventh century: a new built environment communications
- Conclusion.