Relying heavily on primary literary sources and archaeological scholarship, this study sheds new light on the development of towns in early England from late Roman to late Anglo-Saxon times. After a discussion of the problems of urban definition and typology, Russo examines the background of Romano-British urbanism in its prime and in its late Roman transformations. He demonstrates that late Roman towns were virtually abandoned before the Anglo-Saxon invasions. The emporia-new types of Anglo-Saxon towns-are analyzed on the basis of written and archaeological evidence and are compared with continental emporia. Finally, the origin and growth of the Anglo-Saxon burgh is considered from its eighth-century Mercian beginnings to the better known cases of King Alfred and his successors.
| Autorius: | Daniel G. Russo |
| Leidėjas: | Praeger |
| Išleidimo metai: | 1998 |
| Knygos puslapių skaičius: | 326 |
| ISBN-10: | 0313300798 |
| ISBN-13: | 9780313300790 |
| Formatas: | Knyga kietu viršeliu |
| Kalba: | Anglų |
| Žanras: | European history: medieval period, middle ages |
Parašykite atsiliepimą apie „Town Origins and Development in Early England, C.400-950 A.D.“
