Anglo-Saxon Fenland Oosthuizen Susan
Anglo-Saxon Fenland Oosthuizen Susan Archaeologies and histories of the fens of eastern England, continue to suggest, explicitly or by implication, that the early medieval fenland was dominated by…
Specifikacia Anglo-Saxon Fenland Oosthuizen Susan
Anglo-Saxon Fenland Oosthuizen Susan
Archaeologies and histories of the fens of eastern England, continue to suggest, explicitly or by implication, that the early medieval fenland was dominated by the activities of north-west European colonists in a largely empty landscape. The fen islands and the silt fens show a degree of occupation unexpected a few decades ago. Using existing and new evidence and arguments, this new interdisciplinary history of the Anglo-Saxon fenland offers another interpretation.
The inhabitants of the region were organised within territorial groups in a complicated, almost certainly dynamic, hierarchy of subordinate and dominant polities, principalities and kingdoms. Dense Romano-British settlement appears to have been followed by consistent early medieval occupation on every island in the peat fens and across the silt fens, despite the impact of climatic change. Their prosperous livelihoods were
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