Rural Settlements and Society in Anglo-Saxon England

The first major synthesis of the evidence for Anglo-Saxon settlements from across England and throughout the Anglo-Saxon period, and a study of what it reveals about the communities who built and lived in them.

About the author

Following a BA in Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Helena Hamerow completed a D.Phil. at the University of Oxford in 1988. She then held the Mary Somerville Research Fellowship at Somerville College, Oxford until 1990, when she took up a Lectureship in Early Medieval Archaeology at Durham University. She returned to Oxford in 1996 where she is currently Professor or Early Medieval Archaeology and a Fellow of St Cross College. She is also a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries.

Summary

The first major synthesis of the evidence for Anglo-Saxon settlements from across England and throughout the Anglo-Saxon period, and a study of what it reveals about the communities who built and lived in them.

Additional text

represent[s] some of the best current research on early medieval England ... Local historians and archaeologists are strongly encouraged to explore them for themselves.

Product details

• Authors: Helena Hamerow, Helena (Professor of Early Medieval Archa Hamerow, Helena (Professor of Early Medieval Archaeology Hamerow, Hamerow Helena
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.11.2014
• EAN: 9780198723127
• ISBN: 978-0-19-872312-7
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Medieval History and Archaeology; Medieval History and Archaeolo
• Subjects: Education and learning > Adult education/adult education classes > Self-tuition materials (general); Humanities, art, music > History; Europe, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, CE period up to c 1500, British & Irish history, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Social and cultural history, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, Archaeology by period / region, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, Medieval European archaeology