Medieval Fenland

Klappentext This 1940 book! together with its companion volume! constitutes an attempt to outline the changing conditions of a fascinating region. Zusammenfassung This 1940 book! together with its companion volume! constitutes an attempt to outline the changing conditions of a fascinating region. The text is ambitious in scope! reflecting the author's position as a historical geographer! and covers a broad range of disciplinary perspectives! ranging from geology to socio-economic analysis. Inhaltsverzeichnis Editor's preface; Preface; List of maps and diagrams; List of plates; Part I. Introduction: The Pre-Domesday Fenland: 1. Note on Roman literary evidence; Part II. Occupations: 2. Marsh production; 3. Agricultural activity; 4. Meadow, pasture and turbary; 5. Note on the Crowland siputes; Part III. Communications: 6. Fen waterways; 7. Fen causeways; Part IV. The Changing Prosperity of the Fenland: 8. Domesday statistics; 9. Fourteenth-century statistics; 10. Two hundred and fifty years' change; 11. The social consequences of Fen economy; Part V. The Care of Banks and Channels: 12. Complaints and disputes; 13. The commission of sewers; 14. The fifteenth century; Sources and bibliography; Appendix: report of a commission of sewers held at Wisbech in 1438; Index.

Product details

• Authors: H. C. Darby
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.08.2011
• EAN: 9781107614987
• ISBN: 978-1-107-61498-7
• No. of pages: 230
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; Cambridgeshire, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Middle Ages (449-1066), Medieval History, British & Irish history, c 1000 CE to c 1500, c 500 to c 1000 CE, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE