Place-names, Language and the Anglo-Saxon Landscape (eBook)

Nicholas J. Higham, Martin J. Ryan (Herausgeber)

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2011
258 Seiten
Boydell & Brewer Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84615-934-3 (ISBN)

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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 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.

Inhalt

Place-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

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 17.3.2011
• Reihe/Serie: Pubns Manchester Centre for Anglo-Saxon Studies
• Reihe/Serie: Pubns Manchester Centre for Anglo-Saxon Studies
• Co-Autor: Ann Cole, Peter A. Stokes, Richard Watson, Linda M. Corrigan, Dorn Van Dommelen, Simon Draper, Gillian Fellows-Jensen, Della Hooke, Duncan Probert, Alexander R. Rumble, Martin J. Ryan
• Zusatzinfo: 5 b/w, 24 line illus.
• Verlagsort: Woodbridge
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Mittelalter
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
• Schlagworte: Anglo-Saxon England • History • interdisciplinary research • Landscape • Landscape Types • Medieval Contexts • Place-names • Region
• ISBN-10: 1-84615-934-2 / 1846159342
• ISBN-13: 978-1-84615-934-3 / 9781846159343