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Farming in the First Millennium AD : British Agriculture between Julius Caesar and William the Conqueror
Farming in the First Millennium AD British Agriculture between Julius Caesar and William the Conqueror Author:Peter Fowler At a time early in the twenty-first century when the nature and future of British farming is very much a matter of public debate, this volume presents an up-to-date overview of the subject between one and two thousand years ago. Its importance lies in providing an authoritative and scholarly synthesis of a great deal of research--environmental, ... more »archaeological and historical --which cumulatively makes a significant shift in the understanding of Britain and its farming peoples, of the British landscape and of farming itself.« less