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PublisherBoydell & Brewer, The Limited

ISBN-101843836033

ISBN-139781843836032

eBay Product ID (ePID)92491085

Product Key Features

Number of Pages258 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NamePlace-Names, Language and the Anglo-Saxon Landscape

Publication Year2011

SubjectOld & Middle English, Development / Economic Development, General, Europe / Great Britain / General, Europe / Great Britain / Middle Ages (449-1066), Linguistics / Etymology, Europe / Medieval

TypeTextbook

AuthorMartin J. Ryan

Subject AreaForeign Language Study, Nature, Language Arts & Disciplines, Business & Economics, History

SeriesPubns Manchester Centre for Anglo-Saxon Studies

FormatHardcover

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Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight19.2 Oz

Item Length9.8 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Dewey Edition22

ReviewsThis volume's strength is in solid empirical research into how early medieval landscape was settled, organised and exploited. MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY As befits the fruit of an interdisciplinary conference with a wide remit, the essays cover a wide range of themes, with several displaying considerable historical and philological subtlety. LANDSCAPE HISTORY Contains some excellent material that many will find very rewarding, and it will surely encourage further use of onomastic and documentary sources in the exploration of landscape history. THE MEDIEVAL REVIEW There is much of interest, ranging from detailed surveys of estate boundaries to wider contributions considering Scandinavian settlement. BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGY

Series Volume Number10

IllustratedYes

Volume Number10

Dewey Decimal942.01

Table Of ContentPlace-Names, Language and the Anglo-Saxon Landscape: An Introduction - Martin J. Ryan The Landscape of Place-Name Studies - Alexander R. Rumble Place-Names as Travellers' Landmarks - Ann Cole Light thrown by Scandinavian Place-Names on the Anglo-Saxon Landscape - Gillian Fellows-Jensen Language and the Anglo-Saxon Landscape: Towards an Archaeological Interpretation of Place-Names in Wiltshire - Simon Draper Hunting the Vikings in South Cumbria from Ambleside to Haverbrack - Linda M. Corrigan Viking-Age Amounderness: A Reconsideration - Richard Watson The Woodland Landscape of Early Medieval England - Della Hooke The Pre-Conquest Lands and Parish of Crediton Minster, Devon - Duncan Probert Rewriting the Bounds: Pershore's Powick and Leigh - Peter A. Stokes That 'Dreary Old Question': The Hide in Early Anglo-Saxon England - Martin J. Ryan Boroughs and Socio-Political Reconstruction in Late Anglo-Saxon England - Dorn Van Dommelen

SynopsisAn exploration of the landscape of Anglo-Saxon England, particularly through the prism of place-names and what they can reveal. 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 thestudy 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., An exploration of the landscape of Anglo-Saxon England, particularly through the prism of place-names and what they can reveal., 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.

LC Classification NumberDA152