The material fall of Roman Britain, 300-525 CE /

"Although lowland Britain in 300 CE had been as Roman as any province in the empire, in the generations on either side of 400, urban life, the money economy, and the functioning state collapsed. Many of the most quotidian and fundamental elements of Roman-style material culture ceased to be man...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Fleming, Robin (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2021]
Subjects:
To 1500
Material culture > Great Britain > History > To 1500.
HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Middle Ages (449-1066).
Antiquities
Civilization
Classical antiquities
Material culture
Great Britain > Antiquities, Roman.
Great Britain > Antiquities.
Great Britain > Civilization > To 1066.
Great Britain > History > Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D.
Great Britain > History > Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066.
Grande-Bretagne > Civilisation > Jusqu'à 1066.
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 55 av. J.-C.-449 (Période romaine)
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 449-1066 (Période anglo-saxonne)
Great Britain
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. Down a rabbit hole?
  • Chapter 1. The world the annona made
  • Chapter 2. The rise and fall of plants, animals, and places
  • Chapter 3. Why pots matter
  • Chapter 4. The afterlife of Roman ceramic and glass vessels
  • Chapter 5. Pragmatic, symbolic, and ritual use of Roman brick and quarried stone
  • Chapter 6. Metal production under and after Rome
  • Chapter 7. Living with little corpses
  • Chapter 8. Who was buried in early Anglo-Saxon cemeteries?
  • Chapter 9. The great disentanglement.

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