The late medieval landscape of north-east Scotland : Renaissance, Reformation and Revolution / Colin Shepherd.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shepherd, Colin (Landscape archaeologist), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aberdeenshire (Scotland)--History.

Aberdeenshire (Scotland).

Aberdeenshire (Scotland)--Antiquities.

Antiquities.

Scotland--Aberdeenshire.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

x, 278 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford, OX ; Havertown, PA : Windgather Press is an imprint of Oxbow Books, 2021.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE THE LANDSCAPE OF THE NORTH-EAST

1. The background to rural life

1.1. The geological and topographical setting

1.2. The medieval background

2. Land-use in an agricultural world

Introduction

2.1. Field development

2.2. Water management

2.3. Agricultural husbandry

2.4. Agricultural technology

2.5. Outland resources

3. The economic structure of the landscape

3.1. Tenancies, land-holdings and service dues

3.2. Rural vernacular buildings and contents

3.3. Settlement types

3.4. Rural crafts and industries

3.5. Routeways and carriage

4. The landscape in its social setting

4.1. Assembly sites and the political division of the land

4.2. Ritual landscape, religion and welfare

4.3. Fairs and markets

pt. TWO IDEOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL CHANGE IN THE NORTH-EAST

5. Landscape evidence for social and ethical change c. 1200

1800

5.1. 12th-century Renaissance to Reformation

5.2. The long century of Reformation: c. 1530

c. 1650

5.3. From Reformation to revolution

5.4. Discussion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781914427046

1914427041

OCLC:

1259526795