Early Medieval Britain - The Rebirth of Towns in the Post-Roman West

Informationen zum Autor Pam J. Crabtree is a Professor of Anthropology at New York University. She received her B.A. from Barnard College, New York, and her Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. Crabtree has been actively involved in medieval archaeology since 1971, and her research has been funded by Fulbright grants, the National Science Foundation, and the National Endowment of the Humanities. She is co-editor (with Peter Bogucki) of European Archaeology as Anthropology (2017). In addition to her work on Anglo-Saxon England, Crabtree has taken part in archaeological projects in Ireland, Belgium, France, Germany, Israel, Turkey, Ukraine, Armenia, Egypt, India, and historic sites in the US. Klappentext Traces the development of towns in Britain from late Roman times to the end of the Anglo-Saxon period using archaeological data. Zusammenfassung This book focuses on what archaeology can tell us about the development of towns in early medieval Britain. Beginning with the decline of many Roman towns in the fourth and fifth centuries! the books examines the conditions that led to the development of new Anglo-Saxon towns between the seventh and eleventh centuries CE. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. The end of urbanism in Roman Britain; 2. Early Anglo-Saxon England: settlement, society and culture; 3. Middle Saxon settlement and the rise of the emporia: the archaeology of the 'wics' and contemporary sites; 4. Towns in late Anglo-Saxon England; Conclusions.

Product details

• Authors: Pam J. Crabtree, Pam J. (New York University) Crabtree, Pamela (New York University) Crabtree
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2018
• EAN: 9780521713702
• ISBN: 978-0-521-71370-2
• No. of pages: 246
• Series: Case Studies in Early Societies; Case Studies in Early Societie; Case Studies in Early Societies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; Europe, European History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, CE period up to c 1500, Medieval History, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Archaeology by period / region, c 500 to c 1000 CE, History and Archaeology, European history: medieval period, middle ages, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE, Medieval European archaeology