Lived Experience in the Later Middle Ages (Paperback)

Matthew Johnson

ISBN 10: 0992633664 / ISBN 13: 9780992633660

Published by The Highfield Press Southampton, Eastleigh, 2017

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Paperback. This edited volume sets out the work of a team of scholars from Northwestern University and the University of Southampton led by Matthew Johnson, in collaboration with the National Trust. Between 2010 and 2014, different members of the group carried out topographical, geophysical and building survey at four different late medieval sites and landscapes in south-eastern England, all owned and managed by the National Trust: Bodiam, Scotney, Knole and Ightham. Studies were also undertaken into documentary, map and other evidence. A particularly important element of the research was to synthesise and re-present the 'grey literature' at all four sites. This volume seeks to present this work and discuss its archaeological and historical importance. It places the four sites and their landscapes in their setting, as part of the wider landscape of south-east England. It discusses the importance of these places in understanding later medieval elite sites and landscapes in general, and in terms of their long-term biographies and contexts.Central to the volume are the linked ideas of lived experience and political ecology in presenting a new understanding of late medieval sites and landscapes. This volume reports on survey and research undertaken between 2010 and 2014 at four different late medieval sites and landscapes in south-eastern England: Bodiam, Scotney, Knole and Ightham. This volume presents this work and discusses its archaeological and historical importance. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Lived Experience in the Later Middle Ages (Paperback)
• Publisher: The Highfield Press Southampton, Eastleigh
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0992633664
• ISBN 13: 9780992633660
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

This edited volume sets out the work of a team of scholars from Northwestern University and the University of Southampton led by Matthew Johnson, in collaboration with the National Trust. Between 2010 and 2014, different members of the group carried out topographical, geophysical and building survey at four different late medieval sites and landscapes in southeastern England, all owned and managed by the National Trust: Bodiam, Scotney, Knole and Ightham. Studies were also undertaken into documentary, map and other evidence. A particularly important element of the research was to synthesize and re-present the 'grey literature' at all four sites. This volume seeks to present this work and discuss its archaeological and historical importance. It places the four sites and their landscapes in their setting, as part of the wider landscape of southeast England. It discusses the importance of these places in understanding later medieval elite sites and landscapes in general, and in terms of their long-term biographies and contexts. Central to the volume are the linked ideas of lived experience and political economy and ecology in presenting a new understanding of late medieval sites and landscapes.

About the Author

Matthew Johnson is Professor of Anthropology at Northwestern University.