Roadworks
Medieval Britain, Medieval Roads
This collection of essays offers an interdisciplinary study of roads and wayfinding in medieval England, Wales and Scotland. It looks afresh at the relationship between the road as a material condition of daily life and the formation of local and national communities, arguing that the business of road maintenance, road travel and wayfinding constitutes social bonds. Setting Britain's thoroughfares against the backdrop of the extant Roman road system, it argues for a technique of road construction and care that is distinctively medieval and challenges the long-held picture of a medieval Britain lacking in technological sophistication.…
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Weitere Autoren: Evans, Ruth (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-0-7190-8506-2
- EAN: 9780719085062
- Produktnummer: 18143493
- Verlag: MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
- Seitenangabe: 384 S.
- Masse: H14.7 cm x B22.3 cm x D3.5 cm 598 g
- Abbildungen: 4 Maps
- Gewicht: 598
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
Über den Autor
Valerie Allen is Professor of English at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNYRuth Evans is Professor of English at Saint Louis University
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