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The Material Fall of Roman Britain, 300-525 CE (Hardcover): Robin Fleming The Material Fall of Roman Britain, 300-525 CE (Hardcover)
Robin Fleming
R1,079 R937 Discovery Miles 9 370 Save R142 (13%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

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 manufactured. Skills related to iron and copper smelting, wooden board and plank making, stone quarrying, commercial butchery, horticulture, and tanning largely disappeared, as did the knowledge standing behind the production of wheel-thrown, kiln-fired pottery and building in stone. No other period in Britain's prehistory or history witnessed the loss of so many classes of once-common skills and objects. While the reasons for this breakdown remain unclear, it is indisputable the collapse was foundational in the making of a new world we characterize as early medieval. The standard explanation for the emergence of the new-style material culture found in lowland Britain by the last quarter of the fifth century is that foreign objects were brought in by "Anglo-Saxon" settlers. Marshalling a wealth of archaeological evidence, Robin Fleming argues instead that not only Continental immigrants, but also the people whose ancestors had long lived in Britain built this new material world together from the ashes of the old, forging an identity that their descendants would eventually come to think of as English. As with most identities, she cautions, this was one rooted in neither birth nor blood, but historically constructed, and advanced and maintained over the generations by the shared material culture and practices that developed during and after Rome's withdrawal from Britain.

The Haskins Society Journal 6 - 1994. Studies in Medieval History (Hardcover): Robert B. Patterson The Haskins Society Journal 6 - 1994. Studies in Medieval History (Hardcover)
Robert B. Patterson; Contributions by Bernard S. Bachrach, Cary L. Dier, Daniel F. Callahan, Edward J Schoenfeld, …
R1,784 Discovery Miles 17 840 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

New research on aspects of the political, social and religious history of the British Isles from 10c-13c, with related material on western Europe. The 1993 International Conference of the Haskins Society, held at the University of Houston, produced a varied collection of papers on numerous aspects of the medieval history of the British Isles, with related material on other Western European countries. The articles in this volume, most of which derive from the conference, focus strongly on the topic of religion, with stimulating essays on women religious, Archbishop Lanfranc and the Anglo-Saxon hagiographic tradition; however, other subjects are also explored, including Anglo-Norman litigation and the turbulent state of Denmark in the ninth century. Contributors: CARY L. DIER, SUSAN J. RIDYARD, K.L. MAUND, EDWARD J. SCHOENFELD, ROBIN FLEMING, BERNARD S. BACHRACH, PATRICIA HALPIN, EMILY ALBU HANAWALT, DANIEL F. CALLAHAN, H.E.J. COWDREY, DAVID ROFFE

Britain After Rome - The Fall and Rise, 400 to 1070 (Paperback): Robin Fleming Britain After Rome - The Fall and Rise, 400 to 1070 (Paperback)
Robin Fleming 1
R392 R320 Discovery Miles 3 200 Save R72 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The enormous hoard of beautiful gold military objects found in a field in Staffordshire has focused huge attention on the mysterious world of 7th and 8th century Britain. Clearly the product of a sophisticated, wealthy, highly militarized society, the objects beg innumerable questions about how we are to understand the people who once walked across the same landscape we inhabit, who are our ancestors and yet left such a slight record of their presence. Britain after Rome brings together a wealth of research and imaginative engagement to bring us as close as we can hope to get to the tumultuous centuries between the departure of the Roman legions and the arrival of Norman invaders nearly seven centuries later. As towns fell into total decay, Christianity disappeared and wave upon wave of invaders swept across the island, it can be too easily assumed that life in Britain became intolerable - and yet this is the world in which modern languages and political arrangements were forged, a number of fascinating cultures rose and fell and tantalizing glimpses, principally through the study of buildings and burials, can be had of a surprising and resilient place. The result of a lifetime of work, Robin Fleming's major new addition to the Penguin History of Britain could not be more opportune. A richly enjoyable, varied and surprising book, Britain after Rome allows its readers to see Britain's history in a quite new light.

Anglo-Norman Political Culture and the Twelfth Century Renaissance - Proceedings of the Borchard Conference on Anglo-Norman... Anglo-Norman Political Culture and the Twelfth Century Renaissance - Proceedings of the Borchard Conference on Anglo-Norman History, 1995 (Hardcover)
C.Warren Hollister; Contributions by C.Warren Hollister, Cassandra Potts Hannahs, David Crouch, John B Gillingham, …
R2,178 Discovery Miles 21 780 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Papers exploring the impact of change on aspects of the twelfth-century Anglo-Norman world. The twelfth-century renaissance, though usually seen as a French phenomenon, produced fundamental changes in the culture and politics of the wider Anglo-Norman world. The essays in this volume, by leadingscholars in this field meeting at La Bretesche, Brittany, in 1995, explore the impact of this change. Covering a variety of topics, including the transmission of Norman saints' cults, vernacular history and aristocratic values, and shifting modes of deathand dying, they have in common the elements of change and transformation occurring throughout society during the course of the Anglo-Norman era. The late Professor C. WARREN HOLLISTER taught at the University of California at Santa Barbara. Contributors: C. WARREN HOLLISTER, CASSANDRA POTTS, JOHN GILLINGHAM, JUDITH GREEN, ROBIN FLEMING, DAVID CROUCH

Wind Stressies in Buildings (Paperback): Robins Fleming Wind Stressies in Buildings (Paperback)
Robins Fleming
R618 R520 Discovery Miles 5 200 Save R98 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Six Monographs On - Wind Stresses; Wind Pressure Factors; Specification Requirements; Mill-Building Stresses; Rigid Joint; Wind... Six Monographs On - Wind Stresses; Wind Pressure Factors; Specification Requirements; Mill-Building Stresses; Rigid Joint; Wind Bracing For Office Buildings (Paperback)
Robins Fleming
R518 Discovery Miles 5 180 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!

Six Monographs On - Wind Stresses; Wind Pressure Factors; Specification Requirements; Mill-Building Stresses; Rigid Joint; Wind... Six Monographs On - Wind Stresses; Wind Pressure Factors; Specification Requirements; Mill-Building Stresses; Rigid Joint; Wind Bracing For Office Buildings (Paperback)
Robins Fleming
R451 Discovery Miles 4 510 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Kings and Lords in Conquest England (Paperback, Revised): Robin Fleming Kings and Lords in Conquest England (Paperback, Revised)
Robin Fleming
R1,266 Discovery Miles 12 660 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This is a study of landholding and alliance in England in the years 950 to 1086, a period in which the fortunes of lay lords and their families rose and fell dramatically. It was also a period of dizzying tenurial change, in which the fluctuations in landed wealth and alliances shed light on the economic and geographic balance between the monarchy and the aristocracy, and on how this balance helped shape Conquest England. A number of key historical issues are investigated: the impact of Cnut’s conquest on England, the quality of Edward the Confessor’s kingship, the means by which the Norman settlement was carried out, and the effects on England of William’s conquest. The book will become the standard work on the often volatile relationship between the king and the great lords in this key transitional period, and is one of the most stimulating and original contributions to Conquest studies.

Domesday Book and the Law - Society and Legal Custom in Early Medieval England (Paperback, Revised): Robin Fleming Domesday Book and the Law - Society and Legal Custom in Early Medieval England (Paperback, Revised)
Robin Fleming
R1,686 Discovery Miles 16 860 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Domesday Book contains the most comprehensive, varied and monumental legal material to survive from England before the rise of the Common Law. This book argues that it can--and should--be read as a legal text. Stripped of its statistical information, Domesday Book contains a remarkable amount of legal material, almost all of which stems directly from inquest, testimony, or from the sworn statements. This information, read in context, provides a picture of what the law looked like, the ways in which it was changing, and the means whereby the inquest was a central event in the formation of English law.

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