| Description |
1 online resource (x, 323 pages) : illustrations, maps, plans |
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Medieval history and archaeology |
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Medieval history and archaeology.
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| Contents |
List of Illustrations; List of Tables; 1. Introduction: Beyond Villages and Common 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 Zone in Greater East Anglia; 6. Marching On? The Development of Villages and Common Fields in South Wales |
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7. Discussion and ConclusionsReferences; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-311) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Land use -- England, Southern -- History -- To 1500
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Landscapes -- England, Southern -- History -- To 1500
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Land settlement -- England, Southern -- History -- To 1500
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Villages -- England, Southern -- History -- To 1500
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Landscape changes -- England, Southern -- History -- To 1500
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Rural.
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Historical geography.
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Land settlement.
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Land use.
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Landscape changes.
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Landscapes.
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Social conditions
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Villages.
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England, Southern -- Historical geography
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England, Southern -- Social conditions -- 1066-1485
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Southern England.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Oxford University Press
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| ISBN |
9780191548024 |
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0191548022 |
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