| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 315 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Medieval history and archaeology |
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Medieval history and archaeology.
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| Contents |
Barrier or unifying feature? Defining the nature of early medieval water transport in the north-west / Fiona Edmonds -- Uses of waterways in Anglo-Saxon England / Della Hooke -- The place-name evidence for water transport in early medieval England / Ann Cole -- Hythes, small ports, and other landing places in later medieval England / Mark Gardiner -- The efficiency of inland water transport in medieval England / John Langdon -- Identifying human modification of river channels / Ed Rhodes -- Canal construction in the early Middle Ages : an introductory review / James Bond -- Waterways and water transport on reclaimed coastal marshlands : the Somerset levels and beyond / Stephen Rippon -- The water roads of Somerset / Charles and Nancy Hollinrake -- Glastonbury's Anglo-Saxon canal and Dunstan's Dyke / Charles and Nancy Hollinrake -- Early water management on the lower River Itchen in Hampshire / Christopher K. Currie -- Transport and canal-building on the upper Thames, 1000-1300 / John Blair |
| Summary |
A study of Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman canals and waterways, this book is based on evidence surrounding the nature of water transport in the period. A collection of essays, this study unearths this neglected but important aspect of medieval engineering and economic growth |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-301) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Waterways -- England -- History -- To 1500
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Canals -- England -- Design and construction -- History -- To 1500
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TRANSPORTATION -- General.
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Canals -- Design and construction
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Waterways
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Wasserstraßennetz
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Binnenschifffahrt
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Kanalbau
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England
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England
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic book
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Blair, John, 1955-
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| ISBN |
9780191527159 |
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0191527157 |
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1281149594 |
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9781281149596 |
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9786611149598 |
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6611149597 |
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