Landscapes of change : rural evolutions in late antiquity and the early Middle Ages
Cities and towns, Ancient Cities and towns, Medieval Civilization, Medieval Land settlement patterns Landscape assessment Landscape changes History
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
2016
EISBN 9781315250915
Landscapes of change in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages / Neil Christie.
Elites, exhibitionism and the society of the Late Roman villa / Sarah Scott.
Interpreting the transformation of Late Roman villas / Alexandra Chavarria Arnau.
From Vicus to village / Paul Arthur.
Vandal, Byzantine and Arab rural landscapes in North Africa / Anna Leone and David Mattingly.
Problems in interpreting rural and urban settlement in Southern Greece, AD 365-700 / G.D.R. Sanders.
Balkan ghosts? / William Bowden and Richard Hodges.
Cataclysm on the lower danube / Andrew Poulter.
The origin of the village in Early Medieval Gaul / Patrick Perin.
The late qntique landscape of Britain, AD 300-700 / Ken Dark.
The archaeology of early Anglo-Saxon settlements / Helena Hamerow.
Landscapes of Change is essential reading for anyone wanting an up-to-date summary of the results of archaeological and historical investigations into the changing countryside of the late Roman, late antique and early medieval world between the fourth and tenth centuries AD. It questions numerous aspects of change and continuity, assessing the levels of impact of military and economic decay, the spread and influence of Christianity, and the role of Germanic, Slav and Arab settlement in disrupting and redefining the ancient rural landscapes.
Elites, exhibitionism and the society of the Late Roman villa / Sarah Scott.
Interpreting the transformation of Late Roman villas / Alexandra Chavarria Arnau.
From Vicus to village / Paul Arthur.
Vandal, Byzantine and Arab rural landscapes in North Africa / Anna Leone and David Mattingly.
Problems in interpreting rural and urban settlement in Southern Greece, AD 365-700 / G.D.R. Sanders.
Balkan ghosts? / William Bowden and Richard Hodges.
Cataclysm on the lower danube / Andrew Poulter.
The origin of the village in Early Medieval Gaul / Patrick Perin.
The late qntique landscape of Britain, AD 300-700 / Ken Dark.
The archaeology of early Anglo-Saxon settlements / Helena Hamerow.
Landscapes of Change is essential reading for anyone wanting an up-to-date summary of the results of archaeological and historical investigations into the changing countryside of the late Roman, late antique and early medieval world between the fourth and tenth centuries AD. It questions numerous aspects of change and continuity, assessing the levels of impact of military and economic decay, the spread and influence of Christianity, and the role of Germanic, Slav and Arab settlement in disrupting and redefining the ancient rural landscapes.
