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- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Copyright
- © 2008 Maney Publishing
- ISSN
- 2040-8153
- eISSN
- 1466-2035
- DOI
- 10.1179/lan.2008.9.2.101
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
l a n d s c a p e s (2008), 2, pp. 101 –105 © Review Article Review Article Richard Jones and Mark Page, Medieval Villages in an English Landscape: Beginnings and Ends (2006). Windgather Press, Oxford xviii + 270 pages, 78 illustrations, ISBN 101905119097, ISBN 13 9781905119097, £19.99. Brian Roberts, Landscapes, Documents and Maps. Villages in Northern England and Beyond AD 900–1250 (2008). Oxbow Books, Oxford. xvi + 336 pages, 84 illustrations, 7 tables, ISBN 9781842172377, £40. e Th se two books present new and contrasting perspectives on the origins and development of English villages. e Th re can be little doubt that both volumes make important contributions that will stimulate much debate and further research. Recent years have seen many new publications on medieval rural settlement, with particular emphasis on understanding the origins and development of villages. As Jones and Page note in their first chapter, there are various processes that might have led to the appearance of nucleated villages, for example growth from one or more smaller foci, recasting of earlier dispersed settlements into nucleations, or the creation of new villages in virgin territory. Scholars have suggested that various causes lay behind such changes in
Journal
Landscapes – Taylor & Francis
Published: Sep 1, 2008