An exploration of the landscape of Anglo-Saxon England, particularly through the prism of place-names and what they can reveal.
The essays in this volume explore the richness of the interactions between the Anglo-Saxons and their landscape: how they understood, described and exploited the environments of which they were a part. Subjects explored include the history of the study of place-names and the Ang…
An exploration of the landscape of Anglo-Saxon England, particularly through the prism of place-names and what they can reveal.
The Anglo-Saxon period, stretching from the fifth to the late eleventh century, begins with the Roman retreat from the Western worlds and ends with the Norman takeover of England. Between these epochal events, many of the contours and patterns of English life that would endure f…
