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Auteur(s) : Crabtree, Pamela J.
Titre(s) : Early medieval Britain [Texte imprimé] : the rebirth of towns in the post-Roman West / Pam J. Crabtree, New York University
Publication : Cambridge (GB) : Cambridge University Press, 2018
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XVII-227 p.) : ill., plans ; 24 cm
Collection : Case studies in early societies
Lien à la collection : Case studies in early societies
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 193-216. Notes bibliogr. Index
The growth and development of towns and urbanism in the pre-modern world has been
of interest to archaeologists since the nineteenth century. Much of the early archaeological
research on urban origins focused on regions such as Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Mesoamerica.
Intensive archaeological research that has been conducted since the 1960s, much of
it as a result of urban redevelopment, has shed new light on the development of towns
in Anglo-Saxon England. In this book, Pamela Crabtree uses up-to-date archaeological
data to explore urban origins in early medieval Britain. She argues that many Roman
towns remained important places on the landscape, despite losing most of their urban
character by the fifth century. Beginning with the decline of towns in the fourth
and fifth centuries, Crabtree then details the origins and development of towns in
Britain from the 7th century through the Norman Conquest in the mid-eleventh century
CE. She also sets the development of early medieval urbanism in Britain within a broader,
comparative framework
Sujet(s) : Villes -- Grande-Bretagne -- Moyen âge
Urbanisme -- Grande-Bretagne -- Moyen âge
Archéologie urbaine -- Grande-Bretagne
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780521885942 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb455309600
Notice n° :
FRBNF45530960
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Introduction ; The end of urbanism in Roman Britain ; Early Anglo-Saxon England
: settlement, society, and culture ; Middle Saxon settlement and the rise of the
Emporia : the archaeology of the "Wics" and contemporary sites ; Towns in late Anglo-Saxon
England ; Conclusions.
