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From Burh to Borough : the Archaeology of Wallingford, AD 800-1400
出版Society for Medieval Archaeology, 2013
主題Architecture / RegionalHistory / Europe / Great Britain / GeneralHistory / Europe / MedievalSocial Science / ArchaeologyTravel / Essays & Travelogues
ISBN19096620979781909662094
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=UsQ_ngEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋This monograph details the results of a major archaeological project based on and around the historic town of Wallingford in south Oxfordshire. Founded in the late Saxon period as a key defensive and administrative focus next to the Thames, the settlement also contained a substantial royal castle established shortly after the Norman Conquest. The volume traces the pre-town archaeology of Wallingford and then analyses the town's physical and social evolution, assessing defences, churches, housing, markets, material culture, coinage, communications and hinterland. Core questions running through the volume relate to the roles of the River Thames and of royal power in shaping Wallingford's fortunes and identity and in explaining the town's severe and early decline.