By Dawn M Hadley,Christopher Dyer
The Archaeology of the eleventh Century addresses many key questions surrounding this formative interval of English historical past and considers stipulations earlier than 1066 and the way those replaced. The effect of the Conquest of britain via the Normans is the significant concentration of the publication, which now not only assesses the destruction and upheaval as a result of the invading forces, but additionally examines how the Normans contributed to neighborhood tradition, faith, and society. the quantity explores a variety of subject matters together with nutrition tradition, funerary practices, the improvement of castles and their influence, and the way either city and rural lifestyles developed throughout the eleventh century. via its nuanced method of the advanced relationships and local identities which characterized the interval, this assortment stimulates renewed debate and demanding situations a few of the long-standing myths surrounding the Conquest. offering new discoveries and clean rules in a readable kind with quite a few illustrations, this interdisciplinary publication is a useful source for these drawn to the archaeology, historical past, geography, artwork, and literature of the eleventh century.
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