David Hall

The Open Fields of England

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The first study since 1915 to describe pre-enclosure agricultural systems throughout England from one of the foremost authorities on medieval field systems.

Produktdetails

• Medieval History and Archaeolo
• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• New
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. August 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 173mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 998g
• ISBN-13: 9780198702955
• ISBN-10: 0198702957
• Artikelnr.: 40137705

Autorenporträt

David Hall studied chemistry at St Peter's College, Oxford, but has worked in the field of archaeology for over fifty years. He has published extensively on British archeology and the history of field-systems.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface and acknowledgements
Introduction: medieval fields and the landscape
1: Townships and land-use
2: Field system types; the extensive fields of the Central Region
3: Field system types in the Eastern and Western Regions
4: Open-field structure and management
5: Early evidence for settlement and fields
6: Open field beginnings
Appendix: County Gazetteer
Bibliography
Glossary
Index