404 Pages
by
Routledge
408 Pages
by
Routledge
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The Landscape of Britain has a uniquely rich historical diversity. In this book explains the processes at work in the evolution of the landscape, pointing out examples of surviving evidence from the past. The landscape of late twentieth-century Britain is the end product of some ten thousand years of human effort directed not only towards satisfying basic physical needs for food and shelter, but... Read more
Note on radio-carbon dates in Chapters 1 and 2 Introduction Part I Foundations 1 The land of Britain 2 The first men 3 Roman Britain Part II Medieval Britain 4 People: English, Scots, and Welsh 5 Places: fields and farms, villages and towns 6 Ideas: the church in the landscape Part III Towards the modern world 7 Early modern Britain 8 Georgian Britain 9 Victorian Britain
Biography
Michael Reed
'A major work in its field and highly recommended for all students of landscape history.' - Geography
