Floreat Salopia : A Celebration of Shropshire's History and Archaeology.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

White, Roger H.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Archaeology.

Shropshire (England).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Havertown : Oxbow Books, Limited, 2025.

Summary:

Celebrates the 100th publication of the Shropshire Archaeological and Historical Society, showcasing new research on the county's history and archaeology.Shropshire, as one of the contributors to this volume notes, is simultaneously remote and well-connected...which also means it is often (but wrongly) overlooked and underestimated.

Contents:

Cover Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

The Loggerheads: a note Roger H. White

Contents

List of Figures and Tables

List of Contributors

A note relating to the maps in Chapters 5 and 8

A note on referencing

Preface Roger H. White

1. Borderline Practices? Reassessing Earlier Prehistory in Shropshire

2. In the Line of Duty: New Approaches to the Late Bronze Age and Iron Age Archaeologies of Shropshire

3. On the Fringes or at the Heart of Things? Shropshire in the Roman Era

4. A Meeting of Peoples: PAS Metalwork, Material and Documentary Evidence for Cultural Exchange in Anglo-Saxon Shropshire and the Mercian West Midlands

5. Medieval Towns in Shropshire, 901-1500 Nigel Baker

6. 'Cemeteries everywhere enclosed, churches properly built and well furnished'. Parish Churches in Shropshire's Changing Religious Landscape before 1200

7. From Medieval to Modern: a Story of Early Industrialisation in Shropshire

8. 'The whole party of the King's in this county being engaged, directly or indirectly, in this business': Shropshire and the Regional Conflict in 1648

9. The Grand Tour and the Shropshire Country House - a Focus on Collecting and Architectural Response in the Long Eighteenth Century

10. Celebrating the Manuscript Maps of Shropshire

11. The Changing Pattern of Industrial History

12. The Role of Adult Education in History and Archaeology, 1945-2000

13. What Future for Shropshire's Past?

14. Endword.

Notes:

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ISBN:

979-88-88571-60-6

OCLC:

1553137039