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Informationen zum Autor The late Harold Fox was born and brought up in South Devon, and was Professor of Social and Landscape History at the Centre for English Local History, University of Leicester. He was a recognised authority on late-medieval landscape, agrarian and social history, particularly in the South-West and Midlands, and had served as president of the Medieval Settlement Research Group, chairman of the Society for Landscape Studies, vice-president of the English Place-Names Society and president of the Devon History Society. Sadly he died before completing the final stages of this book, but two colleagues from the University of Leicester's Centre for English Local History have brought it to the point of publication. Matthew Tompkins is Honorary Visiting Fellow at the Centre for English Local History, University of Leicester. Christopher Dyer is Emeritus Professor at the Centre for English Local History, University of Leicester. Klappentext A striking and famous feature of the English landscape, Dartmoor is a beautiful place, with a sense of wildness and mystery. This book provides a new perspective on an important aspect of Dartmoor's past. Its focus is transhumance: the seasonal transfer of grazing animals to different pastures. Zusammenfassung A striking and famous feature of the English landscape, Dartmoor is a beautiful place, with a sense of wildness and mystery. This book provides a new perspective on an important aspect of Dartmoor’s past. Its focus is transhumance: the seasonal transfer of grazing animals to different pastures. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Colour Plates List of Figures List of Tables Editors' Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction by Christopher Dyer and Matthew Tompkins 1. Definitions and limitations Defining Dartmoor's resources Dartmoor and its parts Transhumance and its types Limitations of this book 2. The red tides: impersonal transhumance and the central moor The central moor: ownership and commoners Distances travelled and middlemen Pastoral management: the herdsman's year Livestock: numbers and types 3. The red tides: impersonal transhumance and the outer moors Ownership and commoners Pastoral management: drifts! structures! strays Perambulation and dispute resolution Order and disorder: outer moors and the central moor 4. Personal transhumance: distant detachments Cockington and Dewdon Ipplepen! Abbotskerswell and their links Detached parts of the hundreds of Exminster! Wonford and Kerswell Kenton with Heatree Paignton and its parts Lifton and Sourton Northlew! Venn and Lettaford Tavistock and Cudlipp Bickleigh and Sheepstor The significance of the detachments 5. Personal transhumance: archaeology! topography! place-names and history Archaeology and topography Place-names and history: economy and society 6. Domesday Book and beyond: the transition from personal to impersonal transhumance The role of colonists The role of lords The role of the Crown 7. Dartmoor and beyond Droveways Pastoral husbandry The implications of transhumance for lowland farming Conclusion by Christopher Dyer and Matthew Tompkins Notes Bibliography Index ...
