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Environment, Society and Landscape in Early Medieval England - Time and Topography (Hardcover)
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Environment, Society and Landscape in Early Medieval England - Time and Topography (Hardcover)
Series: Anglo-Saxon Studies
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The origins of England's regional cultures are here shown to be
strongly influenced by the natural environment and geographical
features. The Anglo-Saxon period was crucial in the development of
England's character: its language, and much of its landscape and
culture, were forged in the period between the fifth and the
eleventh centuries. Historians and archaeologists have long been
fascinated by its regional variations, by the way in which
different parts of the country displayed marked differences in
social structures, settlement patterns, and field systems. In this
controversial and wide-ranging study, the author argues that such
differences were largely a consequence of environmental factors: of
the influence of climate, soils and hydrology, and of the patterns
of contact and communication engendered by natural topography. He
also suggests that such environmental influences have been
neglected over recent decades by generations of scholars who are
embedded in an urban culture and largely divorced from the natural
world; and that an appreciation of the fundamental role of physical
geography in shaping human affairs can throw much new light on a
number of important debates about early medieval society. The book
will be essential reading for all those interestedin the character
of the Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian settlements, in early medieval
social and territorial organization, and in the origins of the
England's medieval landscapes. Tom Williamson is Professor of
LandscapeHistory, University of East Anglia; he has written widely
on landscape archaeology, agricultural history, and the history of
landscape design.
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