The Oxford Handbook of Later Medieval Archaeology in Britain

NOTE EDITORE

The Middle Ages are all around us in Britain. The Tower of London and the castles of Scotland and Wales are mainstays of cultural tourism and an inspiring cross-section of later medieval finds can now be seen on display in museums across England, Scotland, and Wales. Medieval institutions from Parliament and monarchy to universities are familiar to us and we come into contact with the later Middle Ages every day when we drive through a village or town, look up at the castle on the hill, visit a local church or wonder about the earthworks in the fields we see from the window of a train. The Oxford Handbook of Later Medieval Archaeology in Britain provides an overview of the archaeology of the later Middle Ages in Britain between AD 1066 and 1550. 61 entries, divided into 10 thematic sections, cover topics ranging from later medieval objects, human remains, archaeological science, standing buildings, and sites such as castles and monasteries, to the well-preserved relict landscapes which still survive. This is a rich and exciting period of the past and most of what we have learnt about the material culture of our medieval past has been discovered in the past two generations. This volume provides comprehensive coverage of the latest research and describes the major projects and concepts that are changing our understanding of our medieval heritage.

SOMMARIO

1 - Overview: People and Projects2 - Methods In Medieval Archaeology3 - Embracing New Perspectives4 - The Written Evidence for the Later Middle Ages5 - Overview: Geographies of Medieval Britain6 - Field Systems and the Arable Fields7 - The Animal in Late Medieval Britain8 - The Archaeobotany of Late Medieval Plant Remains: The Resource and the Research9 - Medieval Fishing and Fish Trade10 - The Medieval Wild11 - Coping with Disaster12 - Overview: The Form and Pattern of Medieval Settlement13 - Rural Living 1100-154014 - Perceptions of Medieval Settlement15 - Peasant Buildings16 - The Medieval Manor House and the Moated Site17 - Agricultural Buildings18 - Overview: Living in Medieval Towns19 - Urban Housing20 - Medieval Shops21 - Town and Countryside22 - Urban infrastructure23 - Overview: Castles and Elite Landscapes24 - Medieval Palaces and Royal Houses25 - Royal and Aristocratic Landscapes of Pleasure26 - Medieval Battlefield Archaeology27 - Symbols of Power28 - Overview: Medieval Industry and Commerce29 - Quarrying and Extractive Industries30 - The Medieval Workshop31 - Water and Wind Power32 - Old Money, New Methods: Coins and Later Medieval Archaeology33 - Play And Playfulness In Late Medieval Britain: Theory, Concept, Practice34 - Overview: Church and Landscape C. 1100-155035 - The Medieval Monastery and its Landscape36 - The Cathedral37 - The Medieval Parish Church: Architecture, Furnishings, and Fittings38 - Approaching Medieval Sacrality39 - Medieval Graffiti Inscriptions40 - An Archaeology of Pilgrimage41 - The Devotional Image in Late Medieval England42 - Overview: The Medieval Senses43 - Cooking, Dining, and Drinking44 - Sound and Landscape45 - London Smellwalk Around 1450: Smelling Medieval Cities46 - Medieval Colour47 - Overview: Archaeology and the Life-Course48 - Birth and Childhood49 - Dressing the Body50 - Gender and Space in the Later Middle Ages51 - Health and Well-Being: The Contribution of the Study Of Human Remains To Understanding the Late Medieval Period In Britain52 - Medieval Medicine, Public Health, and the Medieval Hospital53 - Later Medieval Death and Burial54 - The Medieval Afterlife55 - Overview: Trade and Other Contacts in Late Medieval Britain56 - Looking West: Ireland in the Middle Ages57 - Looking South-West: France in the Middle Ages,58 - Looking North-East: Southern Scandinavia in the Middle Ages59 - Looking South: Spain and Portugal in the Middle Ages60 - A Last Word: The Study of Later Medieval Archaeology

AUTORE

Christopher Gerrard is Professor of Medieval Archaeology at Durham University. His eight books include Medieval Archaeology: Understanding Traditions and Contemporary Approaches (2003) and Interpreting the English Village: Landscape and Community at Shapwick, Somerset which won the Best Archaeological Book of the Year award in 2014. His fieldwork includes excavations in Spain and the Azores and projects on qanats, natural disasters in the Middle Ages and, most recently, the discovery of mass graves of 17th-century Scottish soldiers under one of the University's libraries. Alejandra Gutiérrez is a Research Fellow at Durham University. Her interests lie in the study of medieval and later material culture, particularly the movement of goods, trade and exchange, and European contact with Britain in the Middle Ages. She writes about ceramics and other archaeological finds and has authored numerous articles on the subject, including a book, Mediterranean Pottery in Wessex Households and an accompanying web-guide for the identification of medieval and later Spanish pottery ().

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9780198744719
• Collana: Oxford Handbooks
• Dimensioni: 249 x 60.9 x 179 mm Ø 2352 gr
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pagine Arabe: 1102