The landscape of Anglo-Saxon England
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The landscape of Anglo-Saxon England
Leicester University Press, 1998
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-236) and index
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Description
The landscapes that surrounded early medieval man, and how he saw and described them, are the subject of this book. The Anglo-Saxon period was one of considerable change in settlement and land-use patterns, but the landscape regions that emerge, documented for the first time in history are still familiar to us today. This volume examines the Anglo-Saxon's view of his natural surroundings and how he utilized the resources available - the cropland, woodland and marginal land of pasture and fen - and how this is reflected in administrative patterns, how it influenced settlement, communications and trade, and moreover influenced the landscape patterns of the following centuries.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 The Anglo-Saxon view of the countryside: the natural topography
- plants and animals in place-names and literature. Part 2 The organization of the country: the kingdoms and estates of the Anglo-Saxons
- the demarcation of boundaries
- boundaries - the written record. Part 3 The Anglo-Saxon landscape: the landscape of settlement and farming
- woodland resources
- marshland, wetland and moorland - the use of margins. Part 4 Towards the future - the Anglo-Saxon achievement: urban development and trade
- towards the future - landscape regions.
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