商品簡介
Part of the debates in archeology series from Bloomsbury, this book looks at land use issues in Anglo-Saxon England, using research from archeological excavation, climate, and historical records. The author, Dr. Susan Oosthuizen (historic environment, U. of Cambridge, UK), divides the book into two sections: tradition and transformation. These roughly correspond to the two sides in a scholarly debate about continuity or change between Anglo-Saxon and Romano-British landscapes. One side believes the English medieval system of fields, villages, and lord was developed from the Roman occupation, the other from the Germanic tribes. The author suggests a third option: medieval open fields and common rights were inherited from indigenous Celtic or pre-Celtic land-use traditions going back thousands of years, and that what England looked like in the middle ages was a result of a negotiation between lords eager to manage their lands and traditions that a community's agricultural assets were collectively managed by the community. The book is written in a technical prose style in a somewhat academic English idiom. It has an extensive bibliography, and will be suitable for archeologists and medievalists whose focus is early England, both scholars and advanced students. Annotation c2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Dr Susan Oosthuizen is University Senior Lecturer in Historic Environment at the University of Cambridge, UK.
