| This volume is a major assessment and review of the origins, forms and evolutions of medieval rural settlement in Britain and Ireland across the period c. AD 800-1600. It offers a comprehensive analysis of early to late medieval settlement, land use, economics and population, bringing together evidence drawn from archaeological excavations and surveys, historical geographical analysis and documentary and place-name study. It is the flagship publication of the MSRG and offers systematic appraisal of 60 years' work across the whole field of medieval settlement, designed to inspire the next generation of researchers. |
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The first part of the volume explores the use and experience of different types of landscapes incl. marshlands, uplands, woodland and woodpasture. A particular theme in several papers is the exploration of social, economic and spatial marginality. The second part presents new studies of labour and lordship, which focus on aspects of the land market before the Black Death, the organisation of village communities, and how changing settlements related to demography and occupations. The main themes of the book reflect the interests of Professor Harold Fox, whose death in 2007 was marked by a number of conferences from which this book is drawn. |
