Post-Medieval Landscapes

Edited by P. S. Barnwell and Marilyn Palmer

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Price:	£25.00
Published:	1 December 2007
ISBN:	978-1-905119-19-6
Details:	224 pp; 64 figures

Synopsis

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 demonstrates how scholars are developing the subject conceptually, to examine landscapes as cultural artefacts, perceived differently by different groups within society.

Introduction (Marilyn Palmer):

Part I: Rural Landscapes Hidden boundaries/hidden landscapes: lead mining landscapes in the Yorkshire Dales (Martin Roe); The importance of place: placing vernacular buildings into a landscape context (Adam Longcroft); The estate: recognising people and place in the modern landscape (Jonathan Finch); Landscapes of the poor: encroachment in Wales in the post-medieval centuries(Robert Silvester); The grouse moors of the Peak District (David Hey); Hoskins and historical ecology (John Sheail). Part II: Urban Landscapes New markets and fairs in the Yorkshire Dales, 1550–1750 (R W Hoyle); Rus et urbe? The hinterland and landscape of Georgian Chester (Jon Stobart); The suburbanisation of the English landscape: environmental conflict in Victorian Croydon (Nicholas Goddard). Part III: Landscapes Perceived Wilderness and Waste: ‘The weird and wonderful’. Views of the Midland region (Della Hooke); Tally-ho! The making and representation of the hunting landscape of the shires (Nicholas Watkins); ‘An angel-satyr walks these hills’: landscape and identity in Kilvert’s diary (Philip Dunham); ‘Ways of seeing: Hoskins and the Oxfordshire landscape revisited (Kate Tiller); Discovering the Post-medieval landscapes: after W G Hoskins (P S Barnwell).