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Alban's Buried Towns

Author : Rosalind Niblett
Publisher : Oxbow Books Limited
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Alban's Buried Towns written by Rosalind Niblett and published by Oxbow Books Limited. This book was released on 2005 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: St Albans has a long tradition of archaeological investigation dating back to the 18th century. What has been lacking however, is a detailed synthesis and interpretation of the accumulated information. This book is intended to meet that need, and comes out of a project set up by English Heritage in 1992 designed to promote 'intensive' urban archaeological strategy. This volume is a critical assessment of the current archaeological information from an area of 12 square kilometers centred on medieval and modern St Albans and its Roman predecessor, Verulamium. There is evidence of scattered occupation in the area from the Mesolithic period onwards, but it was only towards the end of the 1st century BC that a settlement was established to the south of the modern town. This was superseded by the development of the Roman town of Verulamium on the south side of the River Ver, but by the 8th century settlement had become focused on the shrine of the late Roman martyr, Alban, on the hill to the north of the river. In the late Saxon period an Abbey was established close to this shrine, and after the Norman conquest, settlement concentrated in the area north of the Abbey. Most of the monastic buildings were demolished shortly after the dissolution of the monastery in 1539, but on the whole St Albans retained its medieval form until the 19th century. The papers in this volume look at the development of this important city throughout its long history, bringing its Roman and Medieval past to life.

St Albans

Author : Mark Freeman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book St Albans written by Mark Freeman and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents an important history of St Albans. This title combines local history with important national themes.

Late Roman Towns in Britain

Author : Adam Rogers
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139499513
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (394 download)

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Download or read book Late Roman Towns in Britain written by Adam Rogers and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-03-28 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Adam Rogers examines the late Roman phases of towns in Britain. Critically analysing the archaeological notion of decline, he focuses on public buildings, which played an important role, administrative and symbolic, within urban complexes. Arguing against the interpretation that many of these monumental civic buildings were in decline or abandoned in the later Roman period, he demonstrates that they remained purposeful spaces and important centres of urban life. Through a detailed assessment of the archaeology of late Roman towns, this book argues that the archaeological framework of decline does not permit an adequate and comprehensive understanding of the towns during this period. Moving beyond the idea of decline, this book emphasises a longer-term perspective for understanding the importance of towns in the later Roman period.

Hertfordshire

Author : Anne Rowe
Publisher : Hertfordshire Publications
ISBN 13 : 1909291005
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book Hertfordshire written by Anne Rowe and published by Hertfordshire Publications. This book was released on 2013 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than three decades after the publication of Lionel Munby's seminal work 'The Hertfordshire Landscape', Anne Rowe and Tom Williamson have produced an authoritative new study, based on their own extensive fieldwork and documentary investigations, as well as on the wealth of new research carried out into Hertfordshire specifically and into landscape history and archaeology more generally.

A County of Small Towns

Author : T. R. Slater
Publisher : Univ of Hertfordshire Press
ISBN 13 : 9781905313440
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (134 download)

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Download or read book A County of Small Towns written by T. R. Slater and published by Univ of Hertfordshire Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring the history of the principal towns of Hertfordshire, England, from the medieval period to the 19th century, this collection of essays includes chapters on important towns, including Alban, Ashwell, Berkhamsted, Hertford, Hitchin, and Ware. A rich resource on the urban history of Hertfordshire, it features essays on topography, medieval town economy, commons and boundaries, industry, and the influence of the Dissolution on the region.

Towns in the Dark

Author : Gavin Speed
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1784910058
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (849 download)

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Download or read book Towns in the Dark written by Gavin Speed and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2014-07-28 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The focus of this book is to draw together still scattered data to chart and interpret the changing nature of life in towns from the late Roman period through to the mid-Anglo-Saxon period. Did towns fail? Were these ruinous sites really neglected by early Anglo-Saxon settlers and leaders?

The Story of the English Towns St.Albans

Author : William Page
Publisher : Palala Press
ISBN 13 : 9781354728925
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (289 download)

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Download or read book The Story of the English Towns St.Albans written by William Page and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2016-04-27 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

St. Albans Urban Archaeological Assessment

Author : Rosalind Niblett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781873592618
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (926 download)

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Download or read book St. Albans Urban Archaeological Assessment written by Rosalind Niblett and published by . This book was released on 2003-04-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: St Albans (Albans Buried Towns) is the first in a series of detailed assessments of the archaeology of more than 30 English towns. Funded by English Heritage, the series is based on computerised databases linked to Geographical Information Systems. The St Albans archaeological database covers an area of twelve square kilometres comprising the sites of the prehistoric, Roman and medieval settlements, and spans the period from the end of the final Ice Age to the dissolution of St Albans Abbey in 1538. The database includes more than 1500 entries. This book represents the systematic synthesis of the material and provides an up-to-date and definitive overview of the current state of archaeology in the town, together with discussions of its value and potential. There are more than 160 plans and photographs and the appendices list all previous archaeological excavations, surveys and 'watching' briefs, all archaeological sites and monuments, and all Latin texts and translations of the major classical and medieval sources.Sections discussing the development of archaeological investigations, stretching back to monastic accounts of the discovery of Roman material in the tenth century, analyse the processes used to derive the modern understanding of the town's past. Most importantly the book provides new insights into the history of the late Iron Age, Roman and medieval towns, and questions many preconceptions. Each phase of the town's past, from prehistory to the sixteenth century, is discussed in the context of the wider history of the district, and is designed to be accessible to the non-specialist. At the same time, the book provides archaeologists and local historians with an authoritative synthesis of archaeological knowledge of the town at the start of the twenty-first century, and fulfils a primary aim of the series as a whole, which is to help local authorities to manage their archaeological heritage.

The Story of the English Towns: St. Albans (1920)

Author : William Page
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781436575560
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (755 download)

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Download or read book The Story of the English Towns: St. Albans (1920) written by William Page and published by . This book was released on 2008-06-01 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Property, Power and the Growth of Towns

Author : Catherine Casson
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000876772
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Property, Power and the Growth of Towns written by Catherine Casson and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-05-05 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Local enterprise, institutional quality and strategic location were of central importance in the growth of medieval towns. This book, comprising a study of 112 English towns, emphasises these key factors. Downstream locations on major rivers attracted international trade, and thereby stimulated the local processing of imports and exports, while the early establishment of richly endowed religious institutions funnelled agricultural rental income into a town, where it was spent on luxury goods produced by local craftsmen and artisans, and on expensive, long-running building schemes. Local entrepreneurs who recognised the economic potential of a town developed residential suburbs which attracted wealthy residents. Meanwhile town authorities invested in the building and maintenance of bridges, gates, walls and ditches, often with financial support from wealthy residents. Royal lordship was also an advantage to a town, as it gave the town authorities direct access to the king and bypassed local power-brokers such as bishops and earls. The legacy of medieval investment remains visible today in the streets of important towns. Drawing on rentals, deeds and surveys, this book also examines in detail the topography of seven key medieval towns: Bristol, Gloucester, Coventry, Cambridge, Birmingham, Shrewsbury and Hull. In each case, surviving records identify the location and value of urban properties, and their owners and tenants. Using statistical techniques, previously applied only to the early modern and modern periods, the book analyses the impact of location and type of property on property values. It shows that features of the modern property market, including spatial autocorrelation, were present in the middle ages. Property hot-spots of high rents are also identified; the most valuable properties were those situated between the market and other focal points such transport hubs and religious centres, convenient for both, but remote from noise and pollution. This book takes an interdisciplinary approach, drawing on expertise from the disciplines of economics and history. It will be of interest to historians and to social scientists looking for a long-run perspective on urban development.

Environment, Society and Landscape in Early Medieval England

Author : Tom Williamson
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 1783270551
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (832 download)

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Download or read book Environment, Society and Landscape in Early Medieval England written by Tom Williamson and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2015 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The origins of England's regional cultures are here shown to be strongly influenced by the natural environment and geographical features. The Anglo-Saxon period was crucial in the development of England's character: its language, and much of its landscape and culture, were forged in the period between the fifth and the eleventh centuries. Historians and archaeologists have long been fascinated by its regional variations, by the way in which different parts of the country displayed marked differences in social structures, settlement patterns, and field systems. In this controversial and wide-ranging study, the author argues that such differences were largely a consequence of environmental factors: of the influence of climate, soils and hydrology, and of the patterns of contact and communication engendered by natural topography. He also suggests that such environmental influences have been neglected over recent decades by generations of scholars who are embedded in an urban culture and largely divorced from the natural world; and that an appreciation of the fundamental role of physical geography in shaping human affairs can throw much new light on a number of important debates about early medieval society. The book will be essential reading for all those interestedin the character of the Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian settlements, in early medieval social and territorial organization, and in the origins of the England's medieval landscapes. Tom Williamson is Professor of LandscapeHistory, University of East Anglia; he has written widely on landscape archaeology, agricultural history, and the history of landscape design.

Archaeology in Hertfordshire

Author : Kris Lockyear
Publisher : Univ of Hertfordshire Press
ISBN 13 : 1909291471
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book Archaeology in Hertfordshire written by Kris Lockyear and published by Univ of Hertfordshire Press. This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrating the rich heritage of archaeology and of archaeological research in Hertfordshire, the 15 papers collected in this work focus on various aspects of the region, including the Neolithic to the post-Medieval periods, and include a report on the important excavations at the formative henge at Norton. Several chapters focus new attention on the Iron Age and Roman periods, both from a landscape perspective and through detailed studies of artefacts, while a discussion of the rare early Saxon material recently excavated at Watton at Stone makes a vital contribution to the existing corpus of knowledge about this little-understood period. All of the papers in the volume focus on the local scene with an understanding of wider issues in each period and as a result, the papers are of importance beyond the boundaries of the county and will be of interest to scholars with wide-ranging interests.

Venta Belgarum: Prehistoric, Roman, and Post-Roman Winchester

Author : Francis M. Morris
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1803276819
Total Pages : 1402 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book Venta Belgarum: Prehistoric, Roman, and Post-Roman Winchester written by Francis M. Morris and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2023-12-28 with total page 1402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a detailed study of the archaeology of Roman Winchester—Venta Belgarum, a major town in the south of the province of Britannia— and its development from the regional (civitas) capital of the Iron Age people, the Belgae, who inhabited much of what is now central and southern Hampshire.

Kingdom, Civitas, and County

Author : Stephen Rippon
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191077267
Total Pages : 461 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Kingdom, Civitas, and County written by Stephen Rippon and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-04-19 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the development of territorial identity in the late prehistoric, Roman, and early medieval periods. Over the course of the Iron Age, a series of marked regional variations in material culture and landscape character emerged across eastern England that reflect the development of discrete zones of social and economic interaction. The boundaries between these zones appear to have run through sparsely settled areas of the landscape on high ground, and corresponded to a series of kingdoms that emerged during the Late Iron Age. In eastern England at least, these pre-Roman socio-economic territories appear to have survived throughout the Roman period despite a trend towards cultural homogenization brought about by Romanization. Although there is no direct evidence for the relationship between these socio-economic zones and the Roman administrative territories known as civitates, they probably corresponded very closely. The fifth century saw some Anglo-Saxon immigration but whereas in East Anglia these communities spread out across much of the landscape, in the Northern Thames Basin they appear to have been restricted to certain coastal and estuarine districts. The remaining areas continued to be occupied by a substantial native British population, including much of the East Saxon kingdom (very little of which appears to have been 'Saxon'). By the sixth century a series of regionally distinct identities - that can be regarded as separate ethnic groups - had developed which corresponded very closely to those that had emerged during the late prehistoric and Roman periods. These ancient regional identities survived through to the Viking incursions, whereafter they were swept away following the English re-conquest and replaced with the counties with which we are familiar today.

The Power of Urban Water

Author : Nicola Chiarenza
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110677121
Total Pages : 518 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book The Power of Urban Water written by Nicola Chiarenza and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2020-05-05 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Water is a global resource for modern societies - and water was a global resource for pre-modern societies. The many different water systems serving processes of urbanisation and urban life in ancient times and the Middle Ages have hardly been researched until now. The numerous contributions to this volume pose questions such as what the basic cultural significance of water was, the power of water, in the town and for the town, from different points of view. Symbolic, aesthetic, and cult aspects are taken up, as is the role of water in politics, society, and economy, in daily life, but also in processes of urban planning or in urban neighbourhoods. Not least, the dangers of polluted water or of flooding presented a challenge to urban society. The contributions in this volume draw attention to the complex, manifold relations between water and human beings. This collection presents the results of an international conference in Kiel in 2018. It is directed towards both scholars in ancient and mediaeval studies and all those interested in the diversity of water systems in urban space in ancient and mediaeval times.

King’s Road: for King and Country

Author :
Publisher : The Endless Bookcase Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1914151127
Total Pages : 103 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (141 download)

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Download or read book King’s Road: for King and Country written by and published by The Endless Bookcase Ltd. This book was released on 2021-09-09 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born out of a desire to commemorate those men from King’s Road, St Albans, who lost their lives in the Great War, the road’s current residents suggested the idea of a lasting memorial. Then came the task of researching the lives and the families of those men. It involved many hours of leafing through old newspapers and archives, obtaining advice from local and national bodies and seeking help from relatives of the deceased. A further memorial – this book, which includes a brief history of this street – is the result. The book was compiled by Compiled by Judy Sutton & Helen Little with help and support from many others.

Water and Roman Urbanism

Author : Adam Rogers
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004249753
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Water and Roman Urbanism written by Adam Rogers and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2013-04-15 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Water and Roman Urbanism: Towns, Waterscapes, Land Transformation and Experience in Roman Britain offers a new perspective for investigating Roman settlement and how urban spaces were created and experienced by focusing on the relationship between settlement and water and the meanings attributed to these places. Rather than a descriptive approach to the urban fabric it emphasises social context and cultural meaning through interpretative frameworks of analysis. Central are the cultural and experiential implications of water forming part of towns, rather than economic and practical arguments, and the way in which these places were used and altered over time. The book emphasises a social approach and has considerable implications for our understanding of life in the Roman period as a whole.