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Many books have been written on particular aspects of medieval archaeology, or on particular parts of the period, but synthesis across the whole spectrum has not been attempted before. The aim of this book is to examine the contribution that archaeology can make to an understanding of the social, economic, religious and other developments that took place in England from the migrations of the fifth and sixth centuries to the beginning of the Renaissance, showing how society and economy evolved in that time-span.
Drawing on the latest available material, the book takes a chronological approach to the archaeological material of the post-Roman period in order to emphasize the changes that can be observed in the physical evidence and some of the reasons for them that can be suggested. The environment in which people functioned and how they expressed themselves - for example in their houses and burial practices, their pottery and their clothes - show how they were constrained by social customs and economic pressures.
Contents
Acknowledgements for Illustrations, Introduction, 1. The fifth and sixth centuries - Reorganisation among the ruins, 2. The later sixth and seventh centuries - Christianity and commerce, 3. The later seventh and eight centuries - Princes and power, 4. The ninth and early tenth centuries - Holding out against the heathens, 5. The tenth century - Towns and trade, 6. The eleventh century - Social stress, 7. The twelfth and thirteenth centuries - Community and constraint, 8. The later thirteenth and fourteenth centuries - Luxury in a cold climate, 9. The later fourteenth, fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries - Into a new age?, Notes, Index.
