Post-medieval Landscapes

by Barnwell, P. S.; Palmer, Marilyn; Dyer, Christopher

• ISBN13: 9781905119196
• ISBN10: 1905119194
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-03-15
• Publisher: David Brown Book Co

Summary

The formation of the landscape archaeological record is primarily a product of the post-medieval period' (Tom Williamson). This book reflects some of the most recent work in landscape studies of the period since 1500. It builds upon ideas and techniques pioneered by Hoskins in fields such as Anglo-Saxon topography and vernacular architecture, and also demonstrates how scholars are developing the subject conceptually, to examine landscapes as cultural artefacts, perceived differently by different groups within society.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	p. vii
Abbreviations	p. x
Acknowledgements	p. xi
Series Foreword: Landscape History after Hoskins	p. xiii
Introduction: Post-Medieval Landscapes since Hoskins - Theory and Practice	p. 1
Rural Landscapes
Hidden Boundaries/Hidden Landscapes: Lead-Mining Landscapes in the Yorkshire Dales	p. 9
The Importance of Place: Placing Vernacular Buildings into a Landscape Context	p. 23
The Estate: Recognising People and Place in the Modern Landscape	p. 39
Landscapes of the Poor: Encroachment in Wales in the Post-Medieval Centuries	p. 55
The Grouse Moors of the Peak District	p. 68
Hoskins and Historical Ecology	p. 80
Urban Landscapes
New Markets and Fairs in the Yorkshire Dales, 1550-1750	p. 93
Rus et Urbe? The Hinterland and Landscape of Georgian Chester	p. 107
The Suburbanisation of the English Landscape: Environmental Conflict in Victorian Croydon	p. 119
Landscapes Perceived
Wilderness and Waste - 'The Weird and Wonderful': Views of the Midland Region	p. 137
Tally-ho! The Making and Representation of the Hunting Landscape of the Shires	p. 151
'An Angel-Satyr Walks these Hills': Landscape and Identity in Kilvert's Diary	p. 169
Ways of Seeing: Hoskins and the Oxfordshire Landscape Revisited	p. 185
Conclusion: Discovering the Post-Medieval Landscape - After W. G. Hoskins	p. 201
Contributors	p. 205
Bibliography	p. 208
Index	p. 219
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