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Sam Turner's important new interpretation of early medieval
patterns of landscape development traces landscape change in the
South West from the introduction of Christianity to the Norman
Conquest (AD c. 450-1070). 16 pages of colour illustrations. The
book stresses the significance of political and religious ideology
in both the 'Celtic' west (especially Cornwall) and the
'Anglo-Saxon' east (especially the Wessex counties of Devon,
Somerset, Wiltshire and Dorset). Using innovative new research
methods, and making use of archaeology, place-name evidence,
historical sources and land-use patterns, it challenges previous
work on the subject by suggesting that the two regions have much in
common. Using modern mapping techniques to explore land-use trends,
Turner advances a new model for the evolution of ecclesiastical
institutions in south-west England. He shows that the early
development of Christianity had an impact on the countryside that
remains visible in the landscape we see today. Accessibly written
with a glossary of terms and a comprehensive bibliography, the book
will appeal to both veterans and newcomers to landscape
archaeology.
Sam Turner's important new interpretation of early medieval
patterns of landscape development traces landscape change in the
South West from the introduction of Christianity to the Norman
Conquest (AD c. 450-1070). 16 pages of colour illustrations. The
book stresses the significance of political and religious ideology
in both the 'Celtic' west (especially Cornwall) and the
'Anglo-Saxon' east (especially the Wessex counties of Devon,
Somerset, Wiltshire and Dorset). Using innovative new research
methods, and making use of archaeology, place-name evidence,
historical sources and land-use patterns, it challenges previous
work on the subject by suggesting that the two regions have much in
common. Using modern mapping techniques to explore land-use trends,
Turner advances a new model for the evolution of ecclesiastical
institutions in south-west England. He shows that the early
development of Christianity had an impact on the countryside that
remains visible in the landscape we see today. Accessibly written
with a glossary of terms and a comprehensive bibliography, the book
will appeal to both veterans and newcomers to landscape
archaeology.
Life in Medieval Landscapes presents new studies on key themes in
the economic and social history of the medieval landscape. The book
draws together papers by medieval historians and archaeologists,
with contributions by leading scholars in each field. The first
part explores the nature of landscape regions in Britain and
Ireland. Chapters explore the use and experience of different types
of landscapes including marshlands, uplands, woodland and
woodpasture. The papers analyse a wide variety of sources from
detailed archival work on medieval records to place-names,
archaeological survey and the study of veteran trees. A particular
theme in several papers is the exploration of social, economic and
spatial marginality. The second part presents new studies of labour
and lordship. The contributions focus on medieval England,
including aspects of the land market before the Black Death, the
organisation of village communities, and how changing settlements
related to demography and occupations. There is a particular focus
on understanding the lives of peasants and labourers. The main
themes of the book reflect the interests of Professor Harold Fox,
whose death in 2007 was marked by a number of conferences in
different parts of the UK. The papers in this volume have been
offered by Harold's colleagues, friends and former research
students as a tribute to his work. They showcase some of the best
research in the fields of medieval landscape and social history.
Contributors include Chris Dyer, Bruce Campbell, Andrew Fleming,
Della Hooke, Jem Harrison, Ros Faith, Peter Herring, Mark Gardiner,
Angus Winchester, Andrew Jackson, Alan Fox, Mark Page, Mike
Thompson, Mike Thornton, Matt Tompkins, Penelope Upton and Richard
Jones.
Presenting the results of new research on the monasteries of
Wearmouth and Jarrow-among the most sophisticated centers of
learning and artistic culture in 7th- and 8th-century Europe, and
the home of Bede-and their churches, this study examines the
long-lasting effect of their buildings and estates on the
surrounding region from the Anglo-Saxon period to the present day.
The authors trace these relationships through time with new studies
of the changing landscape, the monastery precincts, and the
surviving structures themselves, detailing how the historical
archaeology of the sites reveals how the churches and their
communities were rooted in the landscapes of Northumbria but
flourished through their links with other parts of Britain and
Europe. Researchers from many different backgrounds contributed to
the project, using aerial, geophysical, geoarchaeological, and
palaeoenvironmental surveys and digital mapping to examine the
monasteries and surrounding lands. This book reveals not only the
link between the churches and the region's political and economic
history, but also demonstrates how their cultural significance for
local people in northeast England has changed over time.
The Atlantic Seaboard has attracted increasing interest as a zone
of economic complexity and social connection during Late Antiquity
and the early medieval period. A surge in archaeological and, in
particular, ceramic research emerging from this region over the
last decade has demonstrated the need for new models of exchange
between the Mediterranean and Atlantic, and for new understandings
of links between sites along the Western littoral of Europe.
Ceramics and Atlantic Connections: Late Roman and Early Medieval
Imported Pottery on the Atlantic Seaboard stems from the Ceramics
and Atlantic Connections symposium, hosted by the School of
History, Classics and Archaeology, Newcastle University, in March
2014. This represents the first international workshop to consider
late Roman to early medieval pottery from across the Atlantic
Seaboard. Reflecting the wide geographical scope of the original
presentations by the invited speakers, these nine articles from
ceramic specialists and archaeologists working across the Atlantic
region, cover western Britain, Ireland, western France, north-west
Spain and Portugal. The principal focus is the pottery of
Mediterranean origin which was imported into the Atlantic,
particularly East Mediterranean and North African amphorae and
red-slipped finewares (African Red Slip and Late Roman C and D), as
well as ceramics of Atlantic production which had widespread
distributions, including Gaulish Derivees-de-Sigillees
Paleochretiennes Atlantique/DSPA, ceramique a l'eponge' and
'E-ware'. Following the aims of the Newcastle symposium, the papers
examine the chronologies and relative distributions of these wares
and associated products, and consider the compositions of key
Atlantic assemblages, revealing new insights into the networks of
exchange linking these regions between c. 400-700 AD. This
broad-scale exploration of ceramic patterns, together with an
examination of associated artefactual, archaeological and textual
evidence for maritime exchange, provides a window into the
political, economic, cultural and ecclesiastical ties that linked
the disparate regions of the Late Antique and early medieval
Atlantic. In this way, this volume presents a benchmark for current
understandings of ceramic exchange in the Atlantic Seaboard and
provides a foundation for future research on connectivity in this
zone.
Landscapes across Europe were transformed, both physically and
conceptually, during the early medieval period (c AD 400-1200), and
these changes were bound up with the conversion to Christianity and
the development of ecclesiastical power structures. Whilst
Christianity represented a more or less common set of beliefs and
ideas, early medieval societies were characterised by vibrant
diversity: much can potentially be learned about these societies by
comparing and contrasting how they adapted Christianity to suit
local circumstances. This is the first book to adopt a comparative
landscape approach to this crucial subject. It considers the
imprint of early medieval Christianity on landscapes along the
continent's western shore from Galicia to Norway, and across the
northern islands from Britain and Ireland to Iceland. The
construction of new monuments clearly led to some major physical
changes, but landscapes are not just affected by tangible, material
alterations: they are also shaped by new types of knowledge and
changing perceptions.Christianity was associated with many such
changes including new ways of seeing the land that directly
affected how landscapes were inhabited and managed. By examining
how people chose to shape their landscapes, this book provides
fresh perspectives on the Christianisation of Atlantic Europe.
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