Anglo-Saxon Farms and Farming

A study of farming in England before the Norman Conquest, in a period before trade was an important way of making a living, exploring what tools and methods were used in Anglo-Saxon farming, what kind of livestock was kept, and what crops were grown.

List of contents

• 1: Introduction


• 2: Arable Farming in Anglo-Saxon England: The Crops


• 3: Arable Farming in Anglo-Saxon England: Tools and Techniques


• 4: Animal Husbandry in Anglo-Saxon England: The Livestock


• 5: Animal Husbandry in Anglo-Saxon England: How and Why Livestock was Kept


• 6: Farms in their Landscapes


• 7: Coasts and Riversides


• 8: Woodland


• 9: Downland


• 10: Moorland


• 11: Wolds


• 12: Continuities and Changes in Arable Husbandry


• 13: Conclusions

About the author

Debby Banham is a medieval historian who teaches in the Universities of Cambridge and London. During the 1970s she worked as an agricultural labourer, and when she arrived in Cambridge as a mature student, discovered that farming was the only thing she knew more about than the people who taught her. She has published Monasterialies indicia: the Old English monastic sign language, and Food and Drink in Anglo-Saxon England, as well as articles on Anglo-Saxon farming, diet and medicine, and monastic sign language.

Rosamond Faith has taught medieval history at the universities of London, Cambridge, and Oxford, and is the author of The English Peasantry and the Growth of Lordship and many articles on English and French peasants, the rural economy, and the English landscape.

Summary

A study of farming in England before the Norman Conquest, in a period before trade was an important way of making a living, exploring what tools and methods were used in Anglo-Saxon farming, what kind of livestock was kept, and what crops were grown.

Product details

• Authors: Debby Banham, Debby (Affiliated Lecturer Banham, Banham Debby, Rosamond Faith
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.02.2020
• EAN: 9780198855507
• ISBN: 978-0-19-885550-7
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: Medieval History and Archaeology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages; Europe, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, HISTORY / Historical Geography, Medieval History, British & Irish history, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Archaeology by period / region, c 500 to c 1000 CE, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, Historical Geography, Medieval European archaeology