Medieval Landscapes
by Gardiner, Mark; Rippon, StephenFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2008-03-01
Publisher(s): Windgather Pr
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Summary
The medieval period was at the centre of W G Hoskins concerns: the period when his 'palimpsest' of the English landscape was, if not quite wiped clean, very thoroughly overwritten. The essays here demonstrate how researchers have moved beyond issues of describing and 'reading' the landscape to address the social and ideological - as well as economic - functions of landscapes, and to seek explanations for regional difference.
Table of Contents
| List of Figures | p. vii |
| Abbreviations | p. x |
| Acknowledgements | p. xi |
| Series Foreword: Landscape History after Hoskins | p. xiii |
| Introduction: The Medieval Landscapes of Britain | p. 1 |
| Urban Landscapes | |
| The Landscape of Medieval Towns: Anglo-European Comparisons | p. 11 |
| Mapping Medieval Townscapes: GIS Applications in Landscape History and Settlement Study | p. 27 |
| Town Defences and the Making of Urban Landscapes | p. 43 |
| Changing Spaces: Towns and their Hinterlands in the North West, AD 900-1500 | p. 57 |
| Regional Perspectives | |
| The Village: Contexts, Chronology and Causes | p. 73 |
| The Distribution of 'Woodland' and 'Champion' Landscapes in Medieval England | p. 89 |
| Emerging Regional Variation in Historic Landscape Character: The Possible Significance of the 'Long Eighth Century' | p. 105 |
| 'Wheare most Inclosures be': The Making of the East Anglian Landscape | p. 122 |
| Landscapes of Settlement | |
| Stability and Instability in Medieval Village Plans: Case-Studies in Whittlewood | p. 139 |
| Reaching Beyond the Clearances: Finding the Medieval - Based Upon Recent Survey by RCAHMS in Strath Don, Aberdeenshire | p. 153 |
| The Origins and Persistence of Manor Houses in England | p. 170 |
| Perceived and Ritual Landscapes | |
| 'Powerhouses' of the Wolds Landscape: Manor Houses and Churches in Late Medieval and Early Modern England | p. 185 |
| Medieval Designed Landscapes: Problems and Possibilities | p. 201 |
| St Leonard's at Kirkstead, Lincolnshire: The Landscape of the Cistercian Monastic Precinct | p. 215 |
| Conclusions: The Future of Medieval Landscapes Studies | p. 231 |
| Contributors | p. 237 |
| Bibliography | p. 241 |
| Index | p. 265 |
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