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Place-names, Language and the Anglo-Saxon Landscape
Nicholas J. Higham (Ed.)
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Description for Place-names, Language and the Anglo-Saxon Landscape
Hardback. An exploration of the landscape of Anglo-Saxon England, particularly through the prism of place-names and what they can reveal. Editor(s): Higham, N. J.; Ryan, Martin J. Series: Publications of the Manchester Centre for Anglo-Saxon Studies. Num Pages: 258 pages, 29, 5 black and white, 24 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; GBGP; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 167 x 23. Weight in Grams: 548.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
Number of Pages
258
Place of Publication
Woodbridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843836032
SKU
V9781843836032
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Reviews for Place-names, Language and the Anglo-Saxon Landscape
This 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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more