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The first study of Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman canals and waterways, this collection of essays from economic historians, geographers, geomorphologists, archaeologists, and place-name scholars broadens our understanding of the economy, landscape, settlement patterns, and inter-regional contacts of medieval England.
List of contents
- Introduction
- Part I: Waterways, Geography and Economy
- 1: FIONA EDMONDS: Barrier or Unifying Feature? Defining the Nature of Early Medieval Water Transport in the North-West
- 2: DELLA HOOKE: Uses of Waterways in Anglo-Saxon England
- 3: ANN COLE: The Place-Name Evidence for Water Transport in Early Medieval England
- 4: MARK GARDINER: Hythes, Small Ports and Other Landing Places in Later Medieval England
- 5: JOHN LANGDON: The Efficiency of Inland Water Transport in Medieval England
- Part II: Improved Waterways and Canals
- 6: ED RHODES: Identifying Human Modification of River Channels
- 7: JAMES BOND: Canal Construction in the Early Middle Ages: an Introductory Review
- 8: STEPHEN RIPPON: Waterways and Water Transport on Reclaimed Coastal Marshlands: the Somerset Levels and Beyond
- 9: CHARLES and NANCY HOLLINRAKE: The Water Roads of Somerset
- 10: CHARLES and NANCY HOLLINRAKE: Glastonbury's Anglo-Saxon Canal and Dunstan's Dyke
- 11: CHRISTOPHER K. CURRIE: Early Water Management on the Lower River Itchen in Hampshire
- 12: JOHN BLAIR: Transport and Canal-Building on the Upper Thames, 1000-1300
Summary
The first study of Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman canals and waterways, this collection of essays from economic historians, geographers, geomorphologists, archaeologists, and place-name scholars broadens our understanding of the economy, landscape, settlement patterns, and inter-regional contacts of medieval England.
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a volume full of insights which makes a stimulating introduction to an important subject.
