Carlisle: A Frontier and Border City

ISBN-13: 9780367872144 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 236 str.

Mike McCarthy

Opis

Carlisle charts the city's emergence as an urban centre under the Romans and traces its vicissitudes over subsequent centuries until the high Middle Ages. Arguably, the most important theme that differentiates its development from many other towns is its position as a 'border' city.　The characteristics of the landscape surrounding Carli

Spis treści

List of figures

Preface

Acknowledgements

1 The setting

2 An emerging frontier

3 Luguvalium: fabric and townscape

4 Luguvalium: people and economy

5 Late Roman Carlisle to the kingdom of Northumbria

6 Carlisle and an emerging new frontier

7 The Norman takeover

8 A border city

9 Conclusions

Index

Bibliography

O autorze

Mike McCarthy, FSA is Emeritus Senior Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Bradford, UK. From 1977 to 2001, he was Director of the Carlisle Archaeological Unit.