The Medieval Fenland
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- Author: H. C. Darby
- Date Published: August 2011
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- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781107614987
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Originally published in 1940, this book, together with its companion volume The Draining of the Fens, constitutes an attempt to outline the changing conditions of a fascinating region. The text is ambitious in scope, reflecting the author's position as a historical geographer, and covers a broad range of disciplinary perspectives, ranging from geology to socio-economic analysis. Numerous illustrative figures are contained, including maps, diagrams and photographs of the area, and a bibliography is also provided. Detailed, yet highly readable, this book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Fenland history and historical geography in general.
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- Date Published: August 2011
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781107614987
- length: 230 pages
- dimensions: 216 x 140 x 13 mm
- weight: 0.3kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Editor's preface
Preface
List of maps and diagrams
List of plates
Part I. Introduction: The Pre-Domesday Fenland:
1. Note on Roman literary evidence
Part II. Occupations:
2. Marsh production
3. Agricultural activity
4. Meadow, pasture and turbary
5. Note on the Crowland siputes
Part III. Communications:
6. Fen waterways
7. Fen causeways
Part IV. The Changing Prosperity of the Fenland:
8. Domesday statistics
9. Fourteenth-century statistics
10. Two hundred and fifty years' change
11. The social consequences of Fen economy
Part V. The Care of Banks and Channels:
12. Complaints and disputes
13. The commission of sewers
14. The fifteenth century
Sources and bibliography
Appendix: report of a commission of sewers held at Wisbech in 1438
Index.
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