Archaeology, economy, and society : England from the fifth to the fifteenth century / / David A. Hinton

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910455250503321
• Autore: Hinton David Alban
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London : , : Seaby; Braintree, Essex : , : Distributed by B.T. Batsford, , 1990
• ISBN: 1-138-15261-7; 1-134-66013-8; 1-280-33712-5; 1-134-66014-6; 0-203-26430-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (254 p.)
• Disciplina: 942; 942 20
• Soggetti: Excavations (Archaeology) - England; Electronic books.; England Economic conditions 1066-1485; England Social conditions 1066-1485; England Economic conditions; England Social conditions To 1066; England Antiquities
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 214-238) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements for Illustrations; Introduction; THE FIFTH AND SIXTH CENTURIES; THE LATER SIXTH AND SEVENTH CENTURIES; THE LATER SEVENTH AND EIGHTH CENTURIES; THE NINTH AND EARLY TENTH CENTURIES; THE TENTH CENTURY; THE ELEVENTH CENTURY; THE TWELFTH AND THIRTEENTH CENTURIES; THE LATER THIRTEENTH AND FOURTEENTH CENTURIES; THE LATER FOURTEENTH, FIFTEENTH AND EARLY SIXTEENTH CENTURIES; Notes; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Many books have been written on particular aspects of medieval archaeology, or on particular parts of the period, but synthesis across ; the whole spectrum has not been attempted before. The aim of this book is to examine the contribution that archaeology can make to an understanding of the social, economic, religious and other developments that took place in England from the migrations of the fifth and sixth centuries to the beginning of the Renaissance, showing how society and economy evolved in that time-span.Drawing on the latest available material, the book takes a chronological approac