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Thorps in a changing landscape / by Paul Cullen, Richard Jones and David N. Parsons.
Considering the minor settlements of England's Danelaw, villages known as thorps or throps, this history demonstrates how place-name evidence can be used to understand early cultures. By integrating linguistic and archaeological approaches, it establishes a compelling connection between the creation of these place-names and the fundamental changes taking place in the English landscape between AD 850 and 1250. The integral role of thorps in revolutionizing agricultural practice at that time is thoroughly analyzed.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781907396151
- ISBN: 1907396152
- ISBN: 9781907396243
- ISBN: 1907396241
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 224 pages) : illustrations, maps
- Publisher: Hatfield, Hertfordshire : University of Hertfordshire Press, 2011.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-213) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Figures; Tables; Abbreviations; Series Editors' Preface; Preface and Acknowledgements; 1: Introducing thorps; 2: Establishing the corpus; 3: Danelaw thorps; 4: English throps; 5: Thorps: the archaeological evidence; 6: Thorps in the landscape; 7: Thorps: a hypothesis and its wider implications; Appendix 1: Throp in Anglo-Saxon glosses; Appendix 2: Thorps first recorded before 1300 AD; Bibliography; Index. |
| Restrictions on Access Note: | NLC staff and students only. |
| Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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| Subject: | Names, Geographical > England. Villages > England. England > Historical geography. |
