Stephen Rippon

Beyond the Medieval Village

The Diversification of Landscape Character in Southern Britain

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Produktbeschreibung

Stephen Rippon explores the origins of regional variations in the character of the landscape of southern Britain, arguing that while some landscapes date back to the centuries either side of the Norman Conquest, other areas across southern Britain underwent a profound change around the 8th century AD.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 340
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Dezember 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 612g
• ISBN-13: 9780198723165
• ISBN-10: 0198723164
• Artikelnr.: 42381840

Autorenporträt

Dr Stephen Rippon studied archaeology at the University of Reading, where he was awarded his PhD on 'Landscape Evolution and Wetland Reclamation Around the Severn Estuary'. He went on to become a British Academy Research Fellow, and then a lecturer in archaeology (now Reader in Landscape Archaeology) at the University of Exeter. His research interests include the transformation of wetland landscapes through reclamation in the Roman and medieval period, and the origins and development of regional variation in landscape character.

Inhaltsangabe

* 1: Introduction: Beyond Villages and Open Fields
* 2: At the Margins of the Champion Countryside: The Emergence of
Villages and Common Fields in Somerset
* 3: Abbots, Bishops, Thegns or Communities: who was Responsible for
Somerset's Champion Countryside?
* 4: Across the Watershed: The Development of Landscapes Characterized
by Dispersed Settlement in the South West
* 5: Champion and Woodland? Landscape Evolution Beyond the 'Central
Province' in Greater East Anglia
* 6: Marching On? The Development of Villages and Open Fields in South
Wales
* 7: Conclusions