Anglo-Saxon Farms and Farming

Zusatztext There has long been a need for a book that focuses specifically on Anglo-Saxon farming ... There is a wealth of useful and interesting information in both parts of this volume, and I will assign this book when I teach medieval archaeology in the future. Informationen zum Autor Debby Banham is a medieval historian who teaches in the Universities of Cambridge and London. During the 1970s she worked as an agricultural labourer, and when she arrived in Cambridge as a mature student, discovered that farming was the only thing she knew more about than the people who taught her. She has published Monasterialies indicia: the Old English monastic sign language, and Food and Drink in Anglo-Saxon England, as well as articles on Anglo-Saxon farming, diet and medicine, and monastic sign language.Rosamond Faith has taught medieval history at the universities of London, Cambridge, and Oxford, and is the author of The English Peasantry and the Growth of Lordship and many articles on English and French peasants, the rural economy, and the English landscape. Klappentext Studies farming in England before the Norman Conquest, in a period before trade was an important way of making a living, exploring what tools and methods were used in Anglo-Saxon farming, what kind of livestock was kept, and what crops were grown. Zusammenfassung Studies farming in England before the Norman Conquest, in a period before trade was an important way of making a living, exploring what tools and methods were used in Anglo-Saxon farming, what kind of livestock was kept, and what crops were grown.

Product details

• Authors: Debby Banham, Debby Faith Banham, Banham Debby, Rosamond Faith
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.09.2014
• EAN: 9780199207947
• ISBN: 978-0-19-920794-7
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 180 mm x 255 mm x 30 mm
• Series: Medieval History and Archaeology; Medieval History and Archaeolo
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Europe, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, HISTORY / Historical Geography, Medieval History, British & Irish history, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Archaeology by period / region, c 500 to c 1000 CE, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, Historical Geography, Medieval European archaeology