Place-Names, Language and the Anglo-Saxon Landscape

Book Overview

The landscape of modern England still bears the imprint of its Anglo-Saxon past. Villages and towns, fields, woods and forests, parishes and shires, all shed light on the enduring impact of the Anglo-Saxons. The essays in this volume explore the richness of the interactions between the Anglo-Saxons and their landscape: how they understood, described, and exploited the environments of which they were a part. Ranging from the earliest settlement period...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843836033
• ISBN13: 9781843836032
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"