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Archaeology, Economy and Society: England from the Fifth to the Fifteenth Century

By David Hinton

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2005
ISBN
9780415188487, 0415188482, 020303984X, 9780203039847, 9780203264300
Open Library ID
OL22616903M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4222705 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
254\254
Topic
History
Scanned
yes
Time added
2010-11-21 21:13:21

Description

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.

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