Place-names, Language and the Anglo-Saxon Landscape, Volumen 10

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N. J. Higham, Martin J. Ryan
Boydell Press, 2011 - 245 páginas
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 the study 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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4a The relationship between haga enclosures and Norman forests in 168
9
The Landscape of PlaceName Studies
23
Tables
25
PlaceNames as Travellers Landmarks
51
Light thrown by Scandinavian PlaceNames on the AngloSaxon
69
Towards an
85
Hunting the Vikings in South Cumbria from Ambleside to Haverbrack
105
A Reconsideration
125
The Woodland Landscape of Early Medieval England
143
The PreConquest Lands and Parish of Crediton Minster Devon
175
Pershores Powick and Leigh
195
Boroughs and SocioPolitical Reconstruction in Late AngloSaxon
225
Index
241
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