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The Wandering Herd - The Medieval Cattle Economy of South-East England c.450-1450 (Paperback)
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The Wandering Herd - The Medieval Cattle Economy of South-East England c.450-1450 (Paperback)
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The British countryside is on the brink of change. With the
withdrawal of EU subsidies, threats of US-style factory farming and
the promotion of ‘rewilding’ initiatives, never before has so
much uncertainty and opportunity surrounded our landscape. How we
shape our prospective environment can be informed by bygone
practice, as well as through engagement with livestock and
landscapes long since vanished. This study examines aspects of
pastoralism that occurred in part of medieval England. It suggests
how we learn from forgotten management regimes to inform, shape and
develop our future countryside. This book focuses on a region of
southern England the pastoral identity of which has long been
synonymous with the economy of sheep pasture and the medieval right
of swine pannage. These aspects of medieval pastoralism, made
famous by iconic images of the South Downs and the evidence
presented by Domesday, mask a pastoral heritage in which a signifi
cant part was played by cattle. This aspect of medieval pastoralism
is traceable in the region’s historic landscape, documentary
evidence and excavated archaeological remains. Past scholars of the
South-East have been so concerned with the importance of medieval
sheep, and to a slightly lesser extent pigs, that no systematic
examination of the cattle economy has ever been undertaken. This
book therefore represents a deep, multi-disciplinary study of the
cattle economy over the face=Agenda-RegularItalic size=1>longue
durée face=Agenda-Regular size=1>of the Middle Ages, especially
its importance within the evolution of medieval society, settlement
and landscape. Nationally, medieval cattle have been one of the
most important and neglected aspects of the agriculture of the
medieval period. This book shows us how, as part of both a mixed
and specialised farming economy, they have helped shapethe
countryside we know today.
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