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LIVING OFF THE LAND: AGRICULTURE IN WALES C. 400-1600 AD

Written by Rhiannon Comeau, Andy Seaman
Published by Windgather Press Ltd. in 2019
ISBN: 9781911188391

LIVING OFF THE LAND: AGRICULTURE IN WALES C. 400-1600 AD
Written by Rhiannon Comeau, Andy Seaman.
Stock no. 1830239
1st. 2019. Hardback. Nearly fine condition.

A book on medieval agricultre in Wales, presenting evidence which is of considerable relevance to those studying the development of the early medieval landscapes of Britain and Ireland. A collection of essays, edited by Rhiannon Comeau and Andy Seaman, confronting the paradox that, though agriculture lay at the heart of medieval society, undertstanding of what this meant for Wales remains limited. B/w and a few colour maps. xii and 236 pages including index plus colour maps to rear. ISBN: 9781911188391. A very nice copy indeed.

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Front cover

Cover of LIVING OFF THE LAND: AGRICULTURE IN WALES C. 400-1600 AD by Rhiannon Comeau; Andy Seaman

Contents

  • Acknowledgements
  • List of Figures
  • Contributors
  • 1. Introduction
  • The Wider Picture
  • 2. The Fields of Britannia: Continuity and change within the early medieval landscape
  • 3. Resource management of seasonal pleasure: some English/Welsh comparisons
  • 4. Changing perspectives on early medieval farming in Ireland
  • Wales
  • 5. Living off the land in medieval Welsh law
  • 6. Medieval field systems in north Wales
  • 7. Y Filltir Sgwar: mapping the history of local land in a Welsh heartland
  • 8. The practice of "in rodwalis": medieval Welsh agriculture in north Pembrokeshire
  • 9. Landscape, settlement and agriculture in early medieval Brycheiniog: the evidence from the Llandaff Charters
  • 10. Culture, climate, coulter and conflict: pollen studies from early medieval Wales
  • Moving Forward
  • 11. Welsh landscape history: notes from the edge.
  • Glossary
  • Index