Early medieval Britain : the rebirth of towns in the post-Roman West

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Label

Early medieval Britain : the rebirth of towns in the post-Roman West

Title remainder

the rebirth of towns in the post-Roman West

Statement of responsibility

Pam J. Crabtree, New York University

Creator

• Crabtree, Pam J

Author

• Crabtree, Pam J

Subject

• Cities and towns -- Great Britain -- History -- Medieval period, 1066-1485
• Entwicklung
• Great Britain
• Großbritannien
• History
• Mittelalter
• Stadt
• 1066-1485
• Cities and towns

Genre

• History

Language

eng

Summary

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

Member of

• Case studies in early societies

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

307.760941/02

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps

Index

index present

LC call number

HT133

LC item number

.C713 2018

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Case studies in early societies