Continuity and change: the field systems and patterns of land-use in early medieval England
Britain ceasing to be part of the Roman Empire undoubtedly had a profound effect on society, and traditionally this was thought to include major changes in the economy and patterns of agrarian production, with large areas of the landscape being abandoned as population declined. Medieval fieldscapes...
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| description | Britain ceasing to be part of the Roman Empire undoubtedly had a profound effect on society, and traditionally this was thought to include major changes in the economy and patterns of agrarian production, with large areas of the landscape being abandoned as population declined. Medieval fieldscapes were thought to be much later in date, with a large swathe of central England seeing the creation of vast open fields sometime between the eighth and twelfth centuries. Recent archaeological and palaeoenvironmental evidence – mostly from developer-funded work – has, however, dramatically transformed our understanding of landscape change in this period, with many regions seeing a far greater degree of continuity than was previously thought. Rather than open fields having been <br />created through a «great replanning» of the landscape that swept aside all traces of the earlier field systems, in some cases they appear to have evolved within a framework of existing boundaries that had survived from the Roman period. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-96c236b383c448758beaa7b5e83ecafc2022-12-22T02:08:31ZengEdiciones Universidad de SalamancaStudia Historica. Historia Medieval0213-20602445-35952019-06-0137172710.14201/shhme201937172717445Continuity and change: the field systems and patterns of land-use in early medieval EnglandStephen RIPPON0University of ExeterBritain ceasing to be part of the Roman Empire undoubtedly had a profound effect on society, and traditionally this was thought to include major changes in the economy and patterns of agrarian production, with large areas of the landscape being abandoned as population declined. Medieval fieldscapes were thought to be much later in date, with a large swathe of central England seeing the creation of vast open fields sometime between the eighth and twelfth centuries. Recent archaeological and palaeoenvironmental evidence – mostly from developer-funded work – has, however, dramatically transformed our understanding of landscape change in this period, with many regions seeing a far greater degree of continuity than was previously thought. Rather than open fields having been <br />created through a «great replanning» of the landscape that swept aside all traces of the earlier field systems, in some cases they appear to have evolved within a framework of existing boundaries that had survived from the Roman period.https://revistas.usal.es/index.php/Studia_H_Historia_Medieval/article/view/20972sistemas de camposevidencia polínicacultivos agrariosrestos cerealísticosganaderíahuesos animalescambio climático«open fields» |
| spellingShingle | Stephen RIPPON Continuity and change: the field systems and patterns of land-use in early medieval England Studia Historica. Historia Medieval sistemas de campos evidencia polínica cultivos agrarios restos cerealísticos ganadería huesos animales cambio climático «open fields» |
| title | Continuity and change: the field systems and patterns of land-use in early medieval England |
| title_full | Continuity and change: the field systems and patterns of land-use in early medieval England |
| title_fullStr | Continuity and change: the field systems and patterns of land-use in early medieval England |
| title_full_unstemmed | Continuity and change: the field systems and patterns of land-use in early medieval England |
| title_short | Continuity and change: the field systems and patterns of land-use in early medieval England |
| title_sort | continuity and change the field systems and patterns of land use in early medieval england |
| topic | sistemas de campos evidencia polínica cultivos agrarios restos cerealísticos ganadería huesos animales cambio climático «open fields» |
| url | https://revistas.usal.es/index.php/Studia_H_Historia_Medieval/article/view/20972 |
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