This book outlines some of the developments which took place in Britain between the end of the Roman period and the Norman Conquest. The information contained in the papers has been drawn from both archaeological and documentary sources, and whilst the material has a national implication some of the studies have been carried out on a detailed regional basis.
This book outlines some of the developments which took place in Britain between the end of the Roman period and the Norman Conquest. The information c...
Trees played a particularly important part in the rural economy of Anglo-Saxon England, both for wood and timber and as a wood-pasture resource, with hunting gaining a growing cultural role. But they are also powerful icons in many pre-Christian religions, with a degree of tree symbolism found in Christian scripture too. This wide-ranging book explores both the -real-, historical and archaeological evidence of trees and woodland, and as they are depicted in Anglo-Saxon literature and legend. Place-name and charter references cast light upon the distribution of particular tree species (mapped...
Trees played a particularly important part in the rural economy of Anglo-Saxon England, both for wood and timber and as a wood-pasture resource, with ...
