Interpreting transformations of people and landscapes in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages Archaeological approaches and issues / edited by Pilar Diarte-Blasco; Neil Christie.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Diarte Blasco, Pilar.

Christie, Neil

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Europe--History.

Europe.

History.

Middle Ages.

Antiquities.

Archaeology.

Physical Description:

xvii, 218 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxbow Books 2018.

Summary:

In this volume, deriving from two conferences held in Rome and Leicester in 2016, nineteen leading European archaeologists discuss and interpret the complex evolution of landscapes - both urban and rural - across Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages (c. AD 300-700). The geographical coverage extends from Italy to the Mediterranean West through to the Rhine frontier and onto Hadrian's Wall. Core are questions of impacts due to the socio-political, religious, military and economic transformations affecting provinces, territories and kingdoms across these often turbulent centuries: how did townscapes change and at what rate? What were the fates of villas? When do post-classical landscapes emerge and in what form? To what degree did Europe become an insecure, defended landscape? In what ways did people - cityfolk, farmers, nobility, churchmen, merchants - adapt? Do the elite remain visible and how prominent is the Church? Where and how do we see culture change through the arrival of new groups or new ideas? Do burials form a clear guide to the changing world? And underlying much of the discussion is a consideration of the nature and quality of our source material.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781789250343

178925034X

OCLC:

1051751355

Publisher Number:

99978887153