Main entry:

Roberts, Brian K., 1939-

Title & Author:

Landscapes, documents and maps : villages in northern England and beyond, AD 900-1250 / Brian K. Roberts.

Publication:

Oxford : Oxbow Books, 2008.

Description:

xvi, 336 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-324) and indexes.
1. The nature of rural settlement -- 2. Of patterns and forms : settlement in Northern England -- 3. Settlement plans : regular forms -- 4. Settlement plans : variations and complexities -- 5. Interpreting the morphological record -- 6. Estates and shires : the articulation of local settlement -- 7. Village plantation : problems and questions -- 8. Of drengs and plans -- 9. Planned villages in Europe and England -- 10. Planned villages in England : a national perspective.

Summary:

"Landscapes, Documents and Maps integrates evidence from geography, history, economic history, archaeology, place-name studies, anthropology and even church architecture. Nevertheless, the underlying subject matter always engages with landscape studies. The objective is to combine these with the descriptive and analytical practices of history, and to draw both together using the cartographic methods of historical geography." "These enquiries lead to an investigation of the landed estates in which all settlements developed and their farming and social systems, the land holding arrangements integrated into the physical plans, the arrangements to share out the agricultural resources and common grazings, and finally the social divisions present within a changing society. It is clear from the evidence amassed that the deliberate founding of new villages and the establishment of new plans on older sites was taking place in Northern England in the centuries between about AD 900 and 1250." "Finally, the European roots of planned settlements are reviewed, to conclude with a hypothesis about the origins of villages in the whole of England. This offers challenges about our view of the 'old country' of Anglo-Saxon England."--Jacket

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

9781842172377
1842172379
9781782974277
178297427X

Subject:

Villages England, Northern Planning History.
Land settlement patterns England, Northern History.
Urbanisme Angleterre (Nord) Histoire.
Colonisation intérieure Types Angleterre (Nord) Histoire.
15.35 medieval and post-medieval archaeology.
European archaeology North & North East England.
Land settlement patterns.
Villages Planning.
Landskap historia Storbritannien medeltiden.
Bebyggelse historia Storbritannien medeltiden.
Great Britain History To 1485.
Grande-Bretagne Histoire Jusqu'à 1485.
Northern England.
Great Britain.
Noord-Engeland.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 259468
Call No.: BIB 190389
Status: Available