Open Fields of England

The first study since 1915 to describe pre-enclosure agricultural systems throughout England from one of the foremost authorities on medieval field systems.

List of contents

• Preface and acknowledgements


• Introduction: medieval fields and the landscape


• 1: Townships and land-use


• 2: Field system types; the extensive fields of the Central Region


• 3: Field system types in the Eastern and Western Regions


• 4: Open-field structure and management


• 5: Early evidence for settlement and fields


• 6: Open field beginnings


• Appendix: County Gazetteer


• Bibliography


• Glossary


• Index

Summary

The first study since 1915 to describe pre-enclosure agricultural systems throughout England from one of the foremost authorities on medieval field systems.

Product details

• Authors: David Hall, David (St Peter''s College Hall, Hall David
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.03.2020
• EAN: 9780198855484
• ISBN: 978-0-19-885548-4
• No. of pages: 400
• Series: Medieval History and Archaeology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages; England, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Middle Ages (449-1066), Medieval History, British & Irish history, c 1000 CE to c 1500, c 500 to c 1000 CE, Agriculture and farming, AGRICULTURE & FARMING, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, Landscape Archaeology