Farming in the First Millennium AD: British Agriculture Between Julius Caesar and William the Conqueror

ISBN-13: 9780521890564 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 412 str.

P. J. Fowler

Opis

At a time early in the twenty-first century when the nature and future of British farming is very much a matter of public debate, this volume presents an up-to-date overview of the subject between one and two thousand years ago. Its importance lies in providing an authoritative and scholarly synthesis of a great deal of research--environmental, archaeological and historical --which cumulatively makes a significant shift in the understanding of Britain and its farming peoples, of the British landscape and of farming itself.

Recenzje

'… the read becomes compulsory … the author succeeds in his intention to provide a survey, especially welcome for its British perspective, aimed at general readers and students, and it is written in a way that should stimulate further reading … The book will continue to be used and argued about for a considerable time.' Landscape History

Spis treści

1. The first millennium; 2. Evidence; 3. Environment; 4. Land; 5. Settlements; 6. Farms; 7. Fields; 8. Technology; 9. Ards and ploughs; 10. Arable; 11. Livestock; 12. Food and diet; 13. An agrarian society; 14. Farming in the first millennium.