Town and Countryside in Western Berkshire, C.1327-c.1600

Town and Countryside in Western Berkshire, C.1327-c.1600
Author: Margaret Yates
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2007
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 184383328X

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A fresh examination of how society and economy changed at the end of the middle ages, comparing urban and rural experience. The traditional boundary between the medieval and early modern periods is challenged in this new study of social and economic change that bridges the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. It addresses the large historical questions -what changed, when and why - through a detailed case study of western Berkshire and Newbury, integrating the experiences of both town and countryside. Newbury is of particular interest being a rising cloth manufacturing centre that had contacts with London and overseas due to its specialist production of kerseys. The evidence comes from original documentary research and the data are clearly presented in tables and graphs. It is a book alive with theactions of people, famous men such as the clothier John Winchcombe known as 'Jack of Newbury', but more notably by the hundreds of individuals, such as William Eyston or Isabella Bullford, who acquired property, cultivated their lands, or, in the case of Isabella, managed the mill complex after her husband's death. MARGARET YATES is Lecturer in History at the University of Reading.

The Rise of Cities in North-West Europe

The Rise of Cities in North-West Europe
Author: Adriaan Verhulst
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 196
Release: 1999-10-21
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780521469098

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A concise study of large time frame (fourth-twelfth centuries) charting the growth and development of cities in north-west Europe.

The Differentiated Countryside

The Differentiated Countryside
Author: Philip Lowe
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 190
Release: 2005-07-08
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1135358141

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Using an innovative theoretical approach based on 'networks of conventions', the book investigates the 'regionalisation' of the English countryside through case studies of the 'preserved', the 'contested' and the 'paternalistic' countryside.

Town and Countryside in the English Revolution

Town and Countryside in the English Revolution
Author: R. C. Richardson
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 300
Release: 1992
Genre: City and town life
ISBN: 9780719034626

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Scholars tend to specialize in either urban or agrarian history, and the whole picture of an era or event is never entirely pieced together. Ten essays seek to close the gap by considering the impact of the 17th-century civil war on both the towns and the countryside, emphasizing both the divergence and similarity of experiences. Distributed in the US by St. Martin's Press. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

The Victorian Countryside

The Victorian Countryside
Author: G. E. Mingay
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 448
Release: 2000
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780415241953

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First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The Pacific Northwest

The Pacific Northwest
Author: Carlos A. Schwantes
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages: 598
Release: 1996-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780803292284

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Carlos Arnaldo Schwantes has revised and expanded the entire work, which is still the most comprehensive and balanced history of the region. This edition contains significant additional material on early mining in the Pacific Northwest, sea routes to Oregon in the early discovery and contact period, the environment of the region, the impact of the Klondike gold rush, and politics since 1945. Recent environmental controversies, such as endangered salmon runs and the spotted owl dispute, have been addressed, as has the effect of the Cold War on the region’s economy. The author has also expanded discussion of the roles of women and minorities and updated statistical information.

Rural Economy and Country Life in the Medieval West

Rural Economy and Country Life in the Medieval West
Author: Georges Duby
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages: 634
Release: 1998-01-29
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780812216745

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"One of the most important, imaginative, solidly documented, well written books of medieval history that I have ever read. . . . It offers a unique combination of synthetic power and analytic perception, of bold judgment and Cartesian doubt, of hard economic facts and subtle psychological considerations."--

Rural and Urban Aspects of Early Medieval Northwest Europe

Rural and Urban Aspects of Early Medieval Northwest Europe
Author: Adriaan E. Verhulst
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 360
Release: 1992
Genre: History
ISBN:

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The articles here concern the period from the end of the Roman Empire up to the 10th-11th centuries and the lands between the Loire and the Rhine, most particularly the Low Countries. Rural history forms the subject of the first studies, which focus on the large 'classical' estates of the Carolingian period. Adriaan Verhulst has argued convincingly that these were medieval creations, not any inheritance from Late Antiquity, and emphasizes their regional differences. The following section, on urban history, consists of three studies on the origins and early development of the key Flemish cities of Ghent, Bruges and Antwerp (this last now in English), and three broader-ranging essays which seriously challenge Pirenne's long accepted views of town origins. In these the author makes full use of contemporary archaeological research to supplement the scanty written sources and to examine the possibilities of (dis)continuity from Roman times through the early Middle Ages. Cette série d'articles concerne la période allant de la fin de l'Empire romain jusqu'aux 10 et 11e siècles et le territoires situés entre la Loire et le Rhin, avec un attachement plus particulier aux pays bas. Les premières études, qui se concentrent sur les grands domaines 'classiques' de l'époque carolingienne, ont pour sujet l'histoire rurale. Adriaan Verhulst a soutenu de façon convaincante qu'il s'agissait là de créations médiévales, plutà ́t que d'un héritage provenu de l'Antiquité tardive, et il en souligne les différences régionales. La section suivante, qui traite de l'histoire urbaine, consiste en trois études sur les origines et le développement des cités flamandes de Gand, Bruges et Anvers, et en trois essais moins spécifiques, qui remettent sérieusement en question les opinions de Pirenne - acceptées de longue date - sur les origines de la ville. Au travers de ces dernières, l'auteur se sert pleinement de la recherche arché

Towns, Ecology, and the Land

Towns, Ecology, and the Land
Author: Richard T. T. Forman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 637
Release: 2019-02-07
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1108187765

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Towns and villages are sometimes viewed as minor, even quaint, spots, whereas this book boldly reconceptualizes these places as important dynamic environmental 'hotspots'. Multitudes of towns and villages with nearly half the world's population characterize perhaps half the global land surface. The book's pages feature ecological patterns, processes, and change, as well as human dimensions, both within towns and in strong connections and effects on surrounding agricultural land, forest land, and arid land. Towns, small to large, and villages are examined with spatial and cultural lenses. Ecological dimensions - water, soil and air systems, together with habitats, plants, wildlife and biodiversity - are highlighted. A concluding section presents concepts for making better towns and better land. From a pioneer in both landscape ecology and urban ecology, this highly international town ecology book opens an important frontier for researchers, students, professors, and professionals including environmental, town, and conservation planners.