Bristol: A Worshipful Town and Famous City
Oxbow Books (Verlag)
978-1-78570-877-0 (ISBN)
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Bristol is a major city and port in the south-west of England. In medieval times, it became the third largest city in the kingdom, behind London and York. Bristol was founded in the late Saxon period and grew rapidly in the 12th and 13th centuries. Initially, seaborne trading links with Ireland and France were particularly significant; later, from the 16th century onwards, the city became a focus for trade with Iberia, Africa and the New World. This led to the growth of new industries such as brass manufacture, glass production and sugar refining, producing items for export and processing imported raw materials. Bristol also derived wealth from the slave trade between Africa and the New World. The city has a long history of antiquarian and archaeological investigation. This volume provides, for the first time, a comprehensive overview of the historical development of Bristol, based on archaeological and architectural evidence.
Part 1 describes the geological and topographical context of Bristol and discusses evidence for the environment prior to the foundation of the city. The history of archaeological work in Bristol is discussed in detail, as is the pictorial record and the cartographic evidence for the city.
In Part 2, a series of period-based chapters considers the historical background and archaeological evidence for Bristol’s development from the prehistoric, Roman and post-Roman eras, through the establishment and growth of Bristol between about 950 and 1200 AD; the medieval city; early modern period; and the period from 1700 to 1900 AD, when Bristol was particularly important for its role in transatlantic trade. Each chapter discusses the major civic, military and religious monuments of the time, and the complex topographical evolution of the city. Part 3 assesses the significance of Bristol’s archaeology, and presents a range of research themes for future research.
Nigel Baker is a freelance archaeologist specialising in historic towns and has previously published books on Worcester and Gloucester, and Shrewsbury. He worked for Herefordshire Council for eight years and is an Honorary Research Fellow of the School of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of Birmingham. Jonathan Brett was the Historic Environment Record Officer for Bristol City Council until his untimely death in 2007. He was the principal author of the first two drafts of this volume. He had a first degree in History from the University of Warwick and a Masters degree in Geographical Information Systems and Environment at Manchester Metropolitan University. Robert Jones was the City Archaeologist for Bristol City Council from 1992 until his retirement in 2016. Prior to this he was a Senior Field Officer with Bristol Museum Field Archaeology Unit. He is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and member of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists.
Foreword, by Roger Thomas
List of contributors
List of illustrations
List of tables Acknowledgements
Picture credits
Summary
Glossary
Part 1: Background to the archaeological study of the city Introduction
1 The history and archaeology of Bristol: a summary
2 The setting of Bristol: its geology and topography; a deposit model
3 The history of archaeology in Bristol: archaeologists and visual sources
Part 2: The development of Bristol
4 The period to c 950 AD
5 ‘Almost the richest city of all in the country’: Bristol, c 950–c 1200
6 ‘The Worshipful town’: Bristol c 1200–c 1540
7 ‘A City and Emporium’: Bristol, c 1540–c 1700
8 ‘Tis the Merchant that is the true practical Philosopher’: Bristol, c 1700–c 1900
Part 3: The archaeology of Bristol: an assessment Gazetteer of archaeological interventions
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 08.09.2018 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Urban Archaeological Assessment |
| Zusatzinfo | b/w and colour |
| Verlagsort | Oxford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 220 x 280 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-78570-877-5 / 1785708775 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-78570-877-0 / 9781785708770 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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