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The first edition of Medieval Rural Settlement: Britain and Ireland, AD 800-1600 was a major assessment and review of the origins, forms and evolutions of medieval rural settlement in Britain and Ireland across the period AD 800-1600. It offered 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.
This new edition does not break from the core ingredients of the first, notably in targeting up-to-date analyses of regional archaeologies, but does introduce a new section of contributions that look specifically at economic issues, and also identifies the impact of new survey technologies, plus the growing value of Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) finds and analyses. This new edition also draws on more recent research on historical sources, place-names and standing buildings, and through the definitive publication of earlier major projects (Wharram, Faxton and Burton Dassett Southend).
As with the first edition, contributions come from academics, field archaeologists, heritage and museum staff associated with the Medieval Settlement Research Group (MSRG). The MSRG is a long-established and nationally and internationally recognised grouping of scholars who have explored and advanced understanding of rural settlement, land use, buildings, geomorphologies and environments across Britain and Ireland primarily for the periods encompassed between c. AD 450-1550.
Contents
Part I: Contexts, Chronologies and Forms
1. Introduction: Medieval Rural Settlement Research. Emergence, Examination and Engagement
Neil Christie, Mark Gardiner, and Paul Stamper
2. The Development of the Study of Medieval Settlements, 1880-2025
Chris Dyer, with Paul Everson
3. Methodological Approaches to Medieval Rural Settlements and Landscapes
Stephen Rippon, Della Hooke, and Elaine Jamieson
4. The Prehistory of Medieval Farms and Villages: From Saxons to Scandinavians
Dawn Hadley, with Gabor Thomas
5. Seigneurial and Elite Sites in the Medieval Landscape
Oliver Creighton and Duncan Wright
Part II: Regional and National Surveys
6. South-East England: Forms and Diversity in Medieval Rural Settlement
Andrew Margetts, with Mark Gardiner
7. Central Southern England: 'Chalk and Cheese'
David A. Hinton
8. South-West England: Rural Settlements in the Middle Ages
Sam Turner, Rob Wilson-North, and Peter Herring
9. Wales: Rural Settlements and Land Use, c. AD 800-1500
Rhiannon Comeau, with Andrew Seaman
10. Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex: Medieval Rural Settlement in 'Greater East Anglia'
Edward Martin
11. The Western Midlands: Tracing the Medieval Rural Landscape
Ben Morton and Chris Dyer
12. The Eastern Midlands: Medieval Settlements and Landscapes
Richard Jones and Carenza Lewis
13. Cambridgeshire and the Peat Fen: Medieval Rural Settlement and Commerce, c. AD 900-1300
Susan Oosthuizen with Carenza Lewis
14. Northern England: Exploring the Character of Medieval Rural Settlements
Stuart Wrathmell
15. Scotland's Medieval Countryside: Evidence, Interpretation, Perception
John Atkinson
16. Ireland: Medieval Identity, Settlement and Land Use
Audrey Horning
Part III: Exploring the Economies of Medieval Rural Sites and Landscapes
17. An Archaeology of Medieval Rural Houses
Mark Gardiner with Edward Martin
18. Economies of the Medieval Rural Landscape: Food, Animals, Fields and Woods
Mark McKerracher, Sue Oosthuizen, and Matilda Holmes
19. Medieval Material Cultures and Rural Households
Michael Lewis and Ben Jervis
20. Town and Countryside: Relationships and Resemblances
Chris Dyer and Keith Lilley
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