Waterways and Canal-Building in Medieval England

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.

Additional text

a volume full of insights which makes a stimulating introduction to an important subject.

Product details

• Authors: John Blair
• Assisted by: John Blair (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.10.2014
• EAN: 9780198723134
• ISBN: 978-0-19-872313-4
• No. of pages: 330
• 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 > Middle Ages; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Heat, energy and power station engineering; England, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, HISTORY / Historical Geography, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Hydraulics, CE period up to c 1500, British & Irish history, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, Archaeology by period / region, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, Historical Geography, Medieval European archaeology, Hydraulic Engineering