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TRANSFORMING TOWNSCAPES
FROM BURH TO BOROUGH: THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF WALLINGFORD, AD 800-1400 |
| By: |
Neil Christie, Oliver Creighton, Matt Edgeworth |
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Paperback |
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£72.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1909662097 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781909662094 |
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| Publisher: |
MANEY PUBLISHING |
| Pub. date: |
4 October, 2013 |
| Description: |
This monograph details the results of a major archaeological project based on and around the historic town of Wallingford in south Oxfordshire. Founded in the late Saxon period as a key defensive and administrative focus next to the Thames, the settlement also contained a substantial royal castle established shortly after the Norman Conquest. |
| Synopsis: |
This monograph details the results of a major archaeological project based on and around the historic town of Wallingford in south Oxfordshire. Founded in the late Saxon period as a key defensive and administrative focus next to the Thames, the settlement also contained a substantial royal castle established shortly after the Norman Conquest. The volume traces the pre-town archaeology of Wallingford and then analyses the town's physical and social evolution, assessing defences, churches, housing, markets, material culture, coinage, communications and hinterland. Core questions running through the volume relate to the roles of the River Thames and of royal power in shaping Wallingford's fortunes and identity and in explaining the town's severe and early decline. |
| Illustrations: |
over 250 black and white illustrations and 30 colour plates |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Maney Publishing |
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Returnable |