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Place-names, Language and the Anglo-Saxon Landscape (Hardcover)
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Place-names, Language and the Anglo-Saxon Landscape (Hardcover)
Series: Pubns Manchester Centre for Anglo-Saxon Studies
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An exploration of the landscape of Anglo-Saxon England,
particularly through the prism of place-names and what they can
reveal. The landscape of modern England still bears the imprint of
its Anglo-Saxon past. Villages and towns, fields, woods and
forests, parishes and shires, all shed light on the enduring impact
of the Anglo-Saxons. The essays in this volume explore the richness
of the interactions between the Anglo-Saxons and their landscape:
how they understood, described, and exploited the environments of
which they were a part. Ranging from the earliest settlement period
through to the urban expansion of late Anglo-Saxon England, this
book draws on evidence from place-names, written sources, and the
landscape itself to provide fresh insights into the topic. Subjects
explored include the history of thestudy of place-names and the
Anglo-Saxon landscape; landscapes of particular regions and the
exploitation of particular landscape types; the mechanisms of the
transmission and survival of written sources; and the problems and
potentials of interdisciplinary research into the Anglo-Saxon
landscape. Nicholas J. Higham is Professor of Early Medieval and
Landscape History at the University of Manchester; Martin Ryan
lectures in Medieval History at the University of Manchester.
Contributors: Ann Cole, Linda M. Corrigan, Dorn Van Dommelen, Simon
Draper, Gillian Fellows-Jensen, Della Hooke, Duncan Probert,
Alexander R. Rumble, Martin J. Ryan, Peter A. Stokes, Richard
Watson.
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